YouTube

• Alphabet reveals YouTube revenue for first time: The video platform generated $60 billion in 2025
• “YouTube has kind of this attitude, like, ‘You’re lucky to be on YouTube'”: Spotify’s Head of Talk Strategy dunks on YouTube after Netflix deal

  Netflix, Spotify, and The Ringer's agreement mandates that shows airing on Netflix will not air on YouTube. This is an interesting decision, considering Spotify used to hand out big checks for podcast exclusivity--like with its $100 million Joe Rogan deal and its $60 million Alex Cooper deal--but later quit that model due to high upfront costs and creators wanting distribution elsewhere.

  
• YouTube is making people pay up for background play

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/01/2026

  There's a Latin American explosion occurring on YouTube right now, and Global Sub Top 50 entrants like GONZOK and SANTYPRO are benefiting.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/01/2026
• Markiplier on breathing life into ‘Iron Lung’
• Advertisers express disappointment after the firms measuring YouTube like TV are ordered to cease and desist
• YouTube has banned some slop channels. Can it stay ahead of “low quality AI content”?
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/25/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/25/2026
• As YouTube refreshes its look, is it time to say goodbye to the play button?
• Neal Mohan’s 2026 letter to creators: A lot of AI, a TikTok Shop competitor, and “beautifully produced” TV to compete with Netflix