Sam Gutelle

• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/26/2025
• ShopMy cashes in on influencer campaigns, affiliate marketing with $77.5 million funding round

  ShopMy is using its connections to the influencer marketing industry to raise a $77.5 million Series B for its affiliate links.

  
• Nickelodeon takes on CoComelon with first original animated series on YouTube

  Nickelodeon is venturing into original YouTube programming with a series called 'Kid Cowboy' on the 'Blaze and the Monster Machines' channel.

  
• Have you heard? Shroud frags for his dad, and chess gets a rules update

  Shroud raised more than $100,000 to honor his dad, chess got some patch notess, and Charli D'Amelio cleared the air surrounding her vape.

  
• Substack pledges $20 million to creators who bring their followers its way
• Creators are getting thousands of new followers by posting Trial Reels. Was that Instagram’s plan all along?
• The holidays have become the peak viewing period on streaming platforms
• Rival apps X, Bluesky are both launching their own takes on TikTok
• Trump’s inauguration stream shows that his YouTube presence could play a bigger role during his second term
• Instagram is reportedly offering TikTokers up to $50,000 per month to post on Reels
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 01/19/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/19/2025