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• Will gen AI make YouTube’s next Elsagate?
• In India, Neal Mohan announces YouTube’s $100 million investment in local creator economy

  During an appearance at WAVES in Mumbai, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said that his company is making a big investment in Indian creators.

  
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2006, Lonelygirl15 taught us that nothing is real on the internet

  19 years ago, Jessica Rose began portraying Bree in lonelygirl15 vlogs. The rest of the story went down in internet history.

  
• TikTok beats Twitch to become the #2 most-watched streaming platform on the net–and says creators are making $10 mil a day

  In Q1, TikTok Live generated 8.027 billion hours of watch time, or around 27% of the livestreaming industry's total. YouTube, at #1, came in with a whopping 50.3% of the total, or 14.983 billion watch hours.

  
• Spotify’s payouts to creators and podcasters reached $100 million in Q1 2025 alone
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/27/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/27/2025
• YouTube’s quarterly ad revenue approaches $9 billion after double-digit year-over-year bump
• Meta is addressing the “unfortunate reality” of spammy content with new moderation tactics
• Twitch’s 2024 gaming data shows us why ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ will be such a big deal
• 20 Years of YouTube: In 2005, a trip to the zoo started it all
• On YouTube’s 20th birthday, it has 20 billion videos