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• OnlyFans rolls out category-specific hubs to helps its users discover new accounts to follow
• Creators 4 Mental Health taps Doctor Mike, Vivian Tu, and more to record positive messages for NYC commuters

  The campaign is timed for May's Mental Health Awareness Month--and it's important because not only is the general population facing more mental strain due to, well, everything, but creators experience an unusually high level of stress and mental issues related to their job.

  
• VTuber Mitama Sakumaru is working on “reality manifestation” tools for VTubers–like an iPhone program that avatar-ifies their hands in real time

  Sakamaru said this tool (which they warn is not beginner-friendly, but can work for both VOD and livestream content) is part of their work on "reality manifestation stuff"--which we're guessing means more tools for VTubers to offer their viewers IRL content while maintaining their animated appearances and settings.

  
• VidCon’s new title sponsor is an AI-powered creator monetization platform

  Rather than YouTube or TikTok, an agentic AI creator monetization platform called POP.STORE will be the title sponsor for VidCon 2026.

  
• Fitness instructors are the “rockstars” of their industry. That’s why Les Mills spent 3 years making a YouTube docuseries to put them in the spotlight.
• Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others
• Streamers are mogging each other, so Twitch changed its rules to accommodate them
• Meta says its new age verification tech isn’t facial recognition. Can that solution manage meddling kids?
• It’s time for a Game Changer: Dropout raises $1.5 million (and counting) to develop board game
• TikTok adds to out-of-home push by letting brands “reformat and reimagine” ads for billboards
• Airlines are clamping down on in-flight filming. What does this mean for aviation YouTubers?
• YouTube is testing a tool that lets creators generate royalty-free music for their videos