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• Netflix’s notes for screenwriters reveal the flaws in its viewership reports
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 01/05/2025

  If weird channels like King of Survival confuse you, deagzzzshorts brings iShowSpeed clips into the U.S. TOp 50.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/05/2025

  On channels like Skitsters Arabic and Harley Quinn With The Joker, adults are dressing up as popular children's characters. Again.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Slinging guns, getting high, and going fishing

  December was one of our biggest months here at the Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report, with holiday sales fervor driving more sponsored videos than ever. We hit nearly 3,000 some weeks--but, now that commercially oriented winter holidays are over and the new year has arrived, we're seeing things return to normal: just over 1,500 videos were uploaded this week. Another thing returning to normal? Science creators taking the top slots. We also have more double trouble this week--but instead of a creator getting two spots like last week, it's a sponsor: Brilliant.

  
• Creators have been banned for streaming anime. With help from ‘One Piece’ producer, iShowSpeed wants to flip the script.
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Ryan Trahan double trouble
• Have you heard? MrBeast vs. ‘Squid Game’, Meta vs. Congress, and YouTube vs. Russia
• As athletes become YouTubers, a nine-time Olympic gold medalist is your new swim coach
• YouTube wants to bring back old-school discovery and let you “Play Anything”
• Nearly half of all streaming subscriptions are now supported by ads
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Supersonic Nerf darts and a homemade Porsche
• Is the Honey influencer marketing scam an isolated incident or a sign of a bigger problem?