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• Viewership on political streams is up 56% year-over-year
• Kai Cenat’s “Streamer University” is really happening. Here’s the trailer.

  Kai Cenat is now accepting applications from creators who want to be students and/or teachers at Streamer University.

  
• Netflix is rolling out a TikTok-style feed and a homepage redesign to help you find your next watch

  Netflix is redesigning its TV homepage to offer more contextual information. It's also rolling out a TikTok-style vertical video feed.

  
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2007, we all empathized with iJustine and her 300-page iPhone bill

  In 2007, a little-known 23-year-old Pittsburgh native named Justine "iJustine" Ezarik posted her iPhone bill on YouTube. The rest is history.

  
• Yes Theory launched a fulfillment brand for its merch. After “eight years of discipline,” it’s time to sell.
• CreatorCare is here to help digital workers overcome mental health struggles and burnout
• TikTok expands its Pulse product to bring brands closer to its culture
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/04/2025
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Would you drown for $500K? Jack Link’s wants to know.
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/04/2025
• 15 years after it started streaming to library patrons, Kanopy is producing its first originals. Why now?
• Will gen AI make YouTube’s next Elsagate?
• America’s Funniest Home Videos is a TV legend. Reaction content creators are helping give it new life online.
• In India, Neal Mohan announces YouTube’s $100 million investment in local creator economy
• Peacock launched an accelerator for creators. Now it’s picking up their scripted shows.
• Have you heard? Alix Earle’s haircare hack, DrLupo’s chess cheat, and the VidCon Hall of Fame
• Brands don’t have to spend big on Roblox worlds anymore. The studios that once made them are consolidating.
• LinkedIn is connecting brands to “top creator voices” through a new revenue sharing program
• The digital economy now accounts for 18% of the total U.S. GDP
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2006, Lonelygirl15 taught us that nothing is real on the internet
• Dream is entering his VTuber era
• Amid an uncertain future, Snapchat reaches 460 million daily active users
• Expedia is partnering with an Instagram travel hub to showcase some Beautiful Destinations
• NIL deals are the new recruiting hack, so agencies are helping schools turn athletes into influencers.