Channels

• YouTube is making people pay up for background play
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/01/2026

  There's a Latin American explosion occurring on YouTube right now, and Global Sub Top 50 entrants like GONZOK and SANTYPRO are benefiting.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/01/2026

  Couple channels are sitting at the front of the Global Top 50 chart. But couples don't have to be romantically linked.

  
• Markiplier on breathing life into ‘Iron Lung’

  Fischbach, who is terrified of the ocean, first played Iron Lung, an indie game about a convict welded into a submarine and forced to explore an ocean of blood, on his YouTube channel in 2022, shortly after its debut. Developed by David Szymanski, Iron Lung in its original form was lean and mean, clocking in at around 50 minutes of gameplay.

  
• Advertisers express disappointment after the firms measuring YouTube like TV are ordered to cease and desist
• YouTube has banned some slop channels. Can it stay ahead of “low quality AI content”?
• Brian Robbins’ new entertainment company will bet on YouTube’s ability to build “awareness and fan love”
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/25/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/25/2026
• Instagram’s rumored paid tier would let subscribers see who doesn’t follow them back
• Can a docuseries bring “the Alix Earle effect” to Netflix?
• Netflix CEO says YouTube “is TV”: “We all compete with them in every dimension”