Channels

• Meta continues pushing Instagram Reels as Q4 2024 results beat expectations
• Spotify wants to beat YouTube at video podcasts. So it’s giving out its own gold and silver creator plaques.

  In an effort to keep creators close, Spotify is now introducing Creator Milestone Awards--its own version of YouTube's Play Buttons.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 01/26/2025

  The power of engineering is strong in the United States, with old hands like Mark Rober and newcomers like Craftsman Whale in the Top 50.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/26/2025

  PresentHunt and Candy Superstar are harnessing the power of colorful videos to reach the Global Top 50 and viewers around the world.

  
• ShopMy cashes in on influencer campaigns, affiliate marketing with $77.5 million funding round
• Even Tumblr is taking a stab at replacing TikTok
• Rival apps X, Bluesky are both launching their own takes on TikTok
• The Paul x Tyson fight helped Netflix drive record account growth–just before it stops reporting subscriber counts
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 01/19/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/19/2025
• While everyone else goes after TikTok’s users, Instagram is wooing its creator population with a CapCut competitor
• Trump thinks he can broker a deal to keep TikTok running