News

• YouTube joins Peacock with official live coverage of Eurovision in the U.S.
• YouTube is actually giving viewers fewer ads on livestreams

  That might come as a shock, considering YouTube has spent the past couple of years pushing more, longer ads--especially on TV screens. YouTube also just bumped up the price of Premium, its monthly subscription service where the biggest perk is no ads on videos. (The cheaper version of Premium got a bump, too, bringing it to $8.99/month.)

  
• Jacksepticeye is making a Bloodborne movie

  "I can't believe I get to say the words that are gonna come out of my mouth," he told viewers in an April 14 upload. "I get to produce an R-rated Bloodborne animated feature film."

  
• Roblox’s new Plus program will pay creators for signups–and eat the cost of item discounts so their earnings don’t go down

  
• College is a great place to be a creator, so Gen Z is chasing scholarships on TikTok
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/12/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/12/2026
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: “Can you hear me now?”
• YouTube just made a Shorts deepfake machine so creators don’t have to be in their own videos
• Have you heard? Gaming Historian says so long, Ms. Rachel sells shoes, and TikTok ad exec moves on.
• NAB Show wants to be the meeting ground for creators and legacy entertainment: “These two segments have so much to offer each other right now”
• Hoorae returns to Issa Rae’s web series roots with “Screen Time” microdrama
• Kylie Jenner brings “star power and aura” to hydration product k2o, launched in tandem with Night
• Hollywood has a lot to learn from creator animators (and their IPs), YouTube says in latest Culture & Trends report
• Khaby Lame’s $975 million stock deal isn’t looking nearly as lucrative as advertised
• On new channel, Technoblade’s dad will sustain his son’s lasting impact
• YouTube is “Channeling” its biggest stars through a new interview series
• ChatGPT can now tell you what to watch on Tubi
• Patreon podcast revenue jumps 33% year-over-year, reaching $629 million
• iShowSpeed is teaming up with Brian Robbins’ production company to become an anime character
• Copyright lawsuits against AI companies are starting to pay off. Three YouTubers are filing class actions to make sure creators get their cut.
• YouTube job postings reveal plans for interactive broadcasts on TV screens
• For the first time, Twitch opens sponsored campaigns (and their revenue) to Affiliates
• Moonbug’s UCLA partnership will bring more “child development research” into programs like CoComelon