Channels

• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/31/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/31/2025

  Protests in Indonesia have led to big viewership for local news agencies like Tribunnews, even as TikTok shuts down its live service there.

  
• Instagram wants creators to try its CapCut clone, so it’s teaching them how to use it

  Instagram has launched a new web series to teach its creator community how to use its CapCut competitor Edits.

  
• Spotify is sliding into DMs

  Spotify is launching a direct messaging feature that looks to foster a greater community spirit among its users.

  
• Netflix is going whole hog on gen AI–but it still wants production partners to follow some rules
• YouTube’s Hype machine has made it to the United States
• YouTube is turning the NFL’s opening night into a creator collab
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/24/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/24/2025
• YouTube gets caught using “machine learning” to tweak creators’ Shorts after they go live
• Instagram wants to host the next Group Chat, so it’s letting you link your Reels
• YouTube Music celebrates 10th anniversary by showing you which bands are in town