News

• Longtime YouTube exec Ben Relles has departed the company to work with LinkedIn’s co-founder
• Okay, Alexa: Get me creator info from Famous Birthdays

  On Amazon's Alexa devices, you can now access info from Famous Birthdays' database of 250,000 profiles (many of which feature influencers).

  
• YouTube mobilizes the BTS Army with a YouTube Shorts challenge

  As BTS gets set to release a new album, YouTube Shorts is inviting the Army to share their favorite moments from the K-pop group's history.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/05/2022

  Devin Caherly has picked up a large amount of YouTube viewership by using the same high-stakes content that made him big on TikTok.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 06/05/2022
• Come see MrBeast’s world of pure imagination on YouTube
• ‘Stranger Things’ fans are ‘Running Up That Hill’ and pushing Kate Bush up the Spotify charts
• Linktree pioneered the link-in-bio industry. Now it’s rebranding to put “creators at the forefront” of its business.
• Rhett & Link will host a two-day ‘MythiCon’ this October
• Marques Brownlee will teach “the fundamentals” of video production in new MasterClass offering
• TikTok comedian Jericho Mencke uses subscriptions to fuel his new interview series
• YouTube Millionaires: Cam Anderson makes a living building $20,000 tables–and a million people watch him do it