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• Spotify’s expanded music video ecosystem includes its take on MTV’s ‘TRL’
• Twitch is now letting parents keep their under-18s from becoming streamers

  Now, to be clear, Twitch--like most social platforms--already prevents anyone under age 13 from making an account and/or becoming a streamer. It's taken action to enforce that rule in the past, perhaps most notably with H1ghSky1, a Fortnite streamer who joined FaZe Clan and began streaming when he was 12 years old.

  
• Roblox wants you to vibe code its next hit game

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, FIFA, and CleanMyMac?

  This week's Gospel Stats Brand Report is four Shorts and a long (chosen by yours truly). If anything's a sign of the times, it's that. We've officially arrived at a time where brands are paying creators for punchy, 60-second content--and creators are using the same format to advertise their own products.

  
• Breaking down the billions of fans who took in the World Cup on YouTube and TikTok
• Instagram’s audio swapping tool is a quality-of-life upgrade for creators
• YouTube shares tools that let creators turn their playlists into shows
• WWE is putting its star wrestlers in a ReelShort microdrama
• Reign Maker Group takes a majority stake in Hyphen, highlights its ownership and profit-share structure for subsidiaries
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/19/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/19/2026
• TikTok’s return to U.S. government devices represents easing tensions