Channels

• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/26/2026
• Instagram’s new app is yet another riff on Snapchat

  Instagram is taking on rivals like Snapchat and BeReal with Instants, a new app that houses disappearing posts.

  
• YouTube’s uninterruptive “side-by-side” live streaming ads have been spotted in the wild

  YouTube has started testing live streaming ads that show up below the broadcast so that they don't interrupt it.

  
• YouTube cozies up to Hollywood by sharing its deepfake detector with studios

  YouTube has extended an offer to Hollywood studios by letting them use its likeness detection tool, which roots out AI deepfakes.

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/19/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/19/2026
• YouTube reshuffles clipping by removing viewer options while bringing Clips to Shorts
• Reed Hastings leaves Netflix, which says it “really built our M&A muscle” during failed deal with Warner Bros. Discovery
• Sick of slop? YouTube now has a workaround that effectively turns off Shorts.
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/12/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/12/2026
• YouTube just made a Shorts deepfake machine so creators don’t have to be in their own videos