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• Australia reverses course, will restrict YouTube as part of teen social media ban
• YouTube is the platform with the most AI chatbot referrals. Competitors want to catch up.

  eMarketer's findings from the world of generative AI chatbot referrals show why so many platforms are putting more resources into search.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, Druski, Daddy

  Our latest Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report looks more like an evening on early 2000s MTV than a day on YouTube in 2025. We've got MrBeast and Druski making next-gen reality shows, a true crime documentary reminiscent of The First 48, and a Love Island post-mortem that would make a Real Housewife proud. Then there's the requisite Travel Channel content with a look at seerasan's life in Tokyo.

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/27/2025

  In Ben Azelart's YouTube Shorts thumbnails, you can never tell exactly what's about to happen. That might be the secret to his success.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/27/2025
• Ibai KOs his own Twitch record with nearly 10 million concurrent viewers
• Have you heard? RIP Papa Jake, ‘New Yorker’ cartoons become sponcon, and VivziePop goes vinyl
• CBS said ‘The Late Show’ had declined. YouTube viewership paints a different picture.
• Substack survey shows deep creator divides on the subject of generative AI
• Trump rep says the current TikTok ban reprieve will be the last, no takesies backsies
• Sony Pictures Television looks to “engage with UK content creators” through new VP of Digital
• YouTube wants to start conversations with Reddit-style comment threads