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• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/30/2023
• YouTube is bringing a “mobile-first vertical live experience” to its two billion Shorts users

  YouTube is testing a mobile live-streaming format for Shorts after rolling out Collabs, Q&A stickers, and other new short-form features.

  
• Snap offers up to $7,200 to creators of its “top-performing” augmented reality Lenses

  Snap has added another revenue stream by rolling out a monetization program for creators of its augmented reality lenses.

  
• Creators can build big international audiences by dubbing their content in other languages. But what’s the best way to dub?

  We wanted to know how these different approaches to language localization can benefit creators, so we asked AIR Media-Tech.

  
• KreekCraft signs with CAA (Exclusive)
• MrBeast files lawsuit against the company behind his burger chain
• On the Podcast: Strikes gonna spawn some growth
• Decentralized Twitter alternative Bluesky rolls out an optional Discover feed
• Ludwig and YouTube want to know: Who’s the world’s greatest gamer?
• KSI and Logan Paul are getting back into the ring (but not against one another)
• There’s gonna be an “Ice Cream So Good” song
• YouTube animator CircleToonsHD brings RPG-flavored humor to new tabletop game
• With 200 billion views per day on Facebook and Instagram, Meta’s Reels are gaining on TikTok
• YouTube execs, Veritasium host support educational creators through EduTuber Accelerator
• Twitch’s daily watch time is going up
• Someone made a fake xQc and set it loose on Twitch. It’s gotten 11,000 followers in two weeks.
• JoinBrands arrives on TikTok to facilitate influencer marketing partnerships
• Millionaires: One “dumb little video” made Micah & Sarah take off on TikTok. Now they have 1.2 million followers.
• The U.S. Senate proposed the Restrict Act as a TikTok ban, but the bill may see some changes
• Barbiemania brings millions of views to YouTube music videos (including one from 1997)
• Here’s how Kick plans to get profitable
• Former Twitter Blue head sounds off on Elon Musk: “X is run by a mercurial leader”
• Creators On The Rise: Cassie Yeung’s parents gave her three months to make it as a content creator. Then she got cast in a Gordon Ramsay show.
• Snap stock plummets as its investors prepare for a rocky future