Sam Gutelle

• On “Joyride Day,” Ryan Trahan unlocked a powerful new form of creator product marketing
• Amazon’s new Fire TV hub offers “another way for creators to get in front of customers”

  At Cannes Lions, Amazon announced a Fire TV creator hub filled with content from the likes of Dude Perfect, Topper Guild, and Celine Dept.

  
• Tinder and TikTok are going on a double date to give us more ‘Love Island’-inspired reality content

  The next season of Tinder's 'Double Date Island', a 'Love Island' adaptation that premiered last year on YouTube, is coming to TikTok.

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 06/21/2026

  The 2026 FIFA World Cup is shaking up our charts in a big way. Celine Dept is thriving, but the biggest winner is Brazil's CazeTV.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 06/21/2026
• To engage with collectors who are big spenders, Fanatics launched a slate of originals
• At VidCon, a pickleball competition will bring more visibility to creator sports tours
• Epic Games has now paid over $1 billion to the creators of Fortnite’s “Islands”
• The British Film Institute’s video archive will preserve the weird and wild sides of web culture
• Report: Nearly 60% of videos recommended to new TikTok accounts are AI slop
• Twitch creators can now get certified to earn more trust from potential brand partners
• Starmer says the U.K. says will go “further than any country in the world” to keep teens off social media