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• 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

  Fanatics has launched an original programming slate filled with celebrity-driven series centered on card collection.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Yeah, it’s all AI

  This week's Gospel Stats Brand Report is four Shorts and a long (chosen by yours truly). If anything's a sign of the times, it's that. We've officially arrived at a time where brands are paying creators for punchy, 60-second content--and creators are using the same format to advertise their own products.

  
• At VidCon, a pickleball competition will bring more visibility to creator sports tours

  Creator TV is bringing its Creator Pickleball Tour to VidCon, with players like NichLmao, Peet Montzingo, and Merrick Hanna participating.

  
• 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
• Fox’s $22 billion Roku acquisition makes it the king of the FAST lane. What’s next?
• Creators love collectibles, so TikTok is launching World Cup trading cards
• YouTube looks to upstage its competitors with “Music Nights” headlined by A-list artists