Sam Gutelle

• YouTube is testing a tool that lets creators generate royalty-free music for their videos
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/03/2026

  Actors dressed up as Kpop Demon Hunters characters have gotten big on Shorts. But why dress up when AI can do the trick for you?

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/03/2026

  Arthur Lima is a good-looking Brazilian creator who has parlayed his fashion-forward attitude into a large social media following.

  
• Have you heard? Ludwig’s ‘GeoGuessr’ fame, Poland’s record-setting stream, and an NFL prank gone wrong.

  Ludwig and Caedrel won a GeoGuessr tournament, a Polish streamer broke charity records, and an NFL Draft prank went awry.

  
• After FaZe Clan’s epic collapse, it’s CORE members are reuniting with a new creator group
• TV production companies let creators use their game show formats. Then Squeezie flipped the script.
• Spotify has a new use for “verified” check marks: They can identify human creators
• Instagram has a new penalty for unoriginal content aggregators: No recommendations
• Expedia buys into iShowSpeed’s world tours to sell vacations to Gen Z
• Australia limited teen access to social media. Now it’s trying to get a better deal for news media companies.
• Can TikTok Shop disrupt the gallery by empowering creators to sell fine art pieces?
• Patreon is prioritizing discovery. New short-form posts called Quips are part of the plan.