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• As Skibidi tries to become a Hollywood franchise, some fans want to #BringBoomBack
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Fortnite’s new dawn

  On Nov. 29, over 10 million players gathered live for Fortnite's Zero Hour, a massive multiuniverse event that concluded its long-running Chapter 6 (as well as a Simpsons mini-season) and brought our intrepid heroes to a new island, and thus a new map on which to slay one another over and over and over.

  
• Want to find the top YouTube videos of the year? Look on Shorts.

  MrBeast, 'Squid Game', and 'KPop Demon Hunters' all had big years in 2025. YouTube Shorts is a main reason why.

  
• YouTube podcasts are big business. In the UK, Acast and Little Dot Studios are vying for a bigger piece.

  Acast and Little Dot Studios are teaming up for a podcast monetization program that will target YouTube creators in the U.K.

  
• TikTok is working with Kim Kardashian to turn its Shop into a luxury retail outlet
• Have you heard? Holiday music takes off, ChatGPT turns three, and The Wiggles land in hot water.
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: 7-Eleven for the holidays
• With more than four million retail-related channels on YouTube, how do brands choose their partners?
• For some pro athletes, Twitch is becoming part of the injury rehab routine
• Brainrot is officially a scientific phenomenon
• ‘Tis the season for giving, and charitable contributions increasingly flow through creator channels
• Have you heard? 20 years of Smosh, the Labubu movie, and iJustine hyperpop