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• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/01/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/01/2026

  Couple channels are sitting at the front of the Global Top 50 chart. But couples don't have to be romantically linked.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Ray-Ban hot pot

  Surely one day there will be someone to challenge MrBeast. But that day is not today. Yet again we have Jimmy Beast in spot #1, this time with his secondary channel MrBeast Gaming.

  
• Inside Dhar Mann’s Old Navy deal

  Dhar Mann is busier than ever. The "moral philosopher of YouTube," whose channel brings ~200 million views a month with didactic, dramatic stories about doing the right thing, just signed a 40-microdrama deal with Fox and Holywater and was named the NFL's "Chief Kindness Officer" ahead of Super Bowl LX.

  
• Markiplier on breathing life into ‘Iron Lung’
• Have you heard? Jynxzi dethrones Neuro-sama, the Super Bowl blitz begins, and the Pope speaks on AI.
• UpScrolled wants to be a more open version of TikTok. Can it sustain its current momentum?
• Brace yourself, parents: A top Roblox game wants to be the next ‘Minecraft Movie’.
• Patreon and Apple’s fee dispute is getting messier. Who is responsible for creator revenue?
• Advertisers express disappointment after the firms measuring YouTube like TV are ordered to cease and desist
• Paramount+, Netflix, and Disney+ all want to make short-form happen. Can they?
• YouTube has banned some slop channels. Can it stay ahead of “low quality AI content”?
• RHEI adds content production and rights management agents to its AI platform Made
• Whatnot breaks down $22 billion live shopping industry as ecommerce goes mainstream
• Dhar Mann is doing 40 microdramas with Fox and Holywater
• YouTube and the NFL are bringing flag football back to the Super Bowl with team captains Druski, J. Balvin
• Twitch puts $300,000 up for grabs with three-week Roblox festival
• Woman who went viral for texting and driving is suing YouTube and Meta
• Brian Robbins’ new entertainment company will bet on YouTube’s ability to build “awareness and fan love”
• AI is now citing YouTube more often than Reddit. Is it time to pivot to video (again)?
• Censorship claims, investigations, and alternate apps: The U.S. TikTok app is off to a rough start
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: 30 celebrities wrestling with the anime angel
• Universal Music Group’s new Twitch account puts a fresh spin on live music
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/25/2026