Channels

• As YouTube dominates streaming, Netflix and Roku stop reporting subscriber counts
• YouTube lets creators lie about election outcomes. It’s making money off their videos.

  From May through August 2024, Media Matters tracked 30 of the most popular YouTube channels "identified as persistently spreading election misinformation," the Times reports. Channels included those belonging to well-known right-wing commentators like Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, and Rudy Guiliani.

  
• It’s an analog horror Halloween on YouTube

  YouTube's nod to all these creators comes in fitting form: It tapped Spencer Lackey, the creator behind analog series a/s/l, to host a 10-minute spotlight video in the style of analog horror, with Lackey plagued by mysterious forces while he reviews other creators' shows.

  
• Netflix’s “clip that” feature will let fandoms to drive word-of-mouth marketing

  For years, Netflix, like virtually all other major streaming services, hasn't allowed people to take screenshots or screen recordings of what they're watching. If you try to record any kind of footage from what you're watching, you'll get a blank black square.

  
• What would YouTube look like without view counts or upload dates?
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/27/2024
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/27/2024
• Instagram downgrades creators’ video quality if it thinks they’re not driving enough views
• As X fumbles, Bluesky announces $15 million raise and plans for creator monetization
• YouTube is gamifying the creator-viewer connection
• Netflix just closed its AAA game studio
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/20/2024