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• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/05/2026
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: It’s like if your dad watched The Amazing Digital Circus

  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.

  
• Have you heard? Hollywood gets more creator horror while Dan Clancy gets in a dig at TikTok.

  'The Mandela Catalogue' is going Hollywood, Dan Clancy is going after algorithms, and Darren Aronofsky is going wild for the 4th of July.

  
• 4chan’s feud with the U.K. previews the future of social media regulations

  4chan is refusing to play the U.K. government after the regulator OFCOM fined it for violations of the Online Safety Act. What comes next?

  
• Google, Idris Elba pledge $1 million to bring generative AI to African creators
• ExtraEmily’s suspension leads to calls to ban “streaming and driving”
• YouTube harkens back to original Instagram with photo post update
• Culinary creators and Food Network stars will chop it up on TikTok LIVE
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Big views
• Tubi looks to build on momentum by hunting for creators at VidCon
• Creators are popping up all over India. A college program is training them.
• Are usernames WhatsApp’s path toward becoming a creator hub?