News

• YouTube’s new Effect Maker puts it in competition with TikTok and Snapchat
• The White House is bringing MAGA memes to TikTok

  The White House has launched an official TikTok account, where memes featuring President Donald Trump are being proliferated.

  
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2020, a mass reckoning came to the creator world

  When a reckoning came for pioneering YouTube creators like Jenna Marbles and Shane Dawson, the door slammed shut on the Wild West era.

  
• ESPN is hiring creators. It will feature them on an in-app, TikTok-style feed.

  As ESPN onboards creators like Katie Feeney, it is introducing a TikTok-style feed (with content from SportsCenter) on its official app.

  
• TikTok’s college-centric update is a nod to OG Facebook
• Netflix’s continued creator push brings Mark Rober on board
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, Dave Ramsey, a battery, and an otamatone walk into a bar
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/17/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/17/2025
• And the Oscars broadcast goes to…YouTube?
• Have you heard? Super Simple Songs throws “surprise party,” JeromeASF makes money moves, and Jake Shane gets cast.
• YouTube has more challengers than ever, but it’s just getting bigger