News

• Views belong with me: Taylor Swift’s first podcast appearance (literally) breaks the internet
• Roblox banned a YouTuber for hunting child predators on its platform. What’s it doing to protect kids?

  Civilians trying to catch criminals is far from a new phenomenon, but it's become increasingly popular on YouTube and other video platforms over the past few years. Creators have made careers out of documenting themselves doing things like scambaiting, reverse-hacking hackers, tracking extortionist call centers, and--last but perhaps most popular--hunting down people who try to engage in explicit talks with children online.

  
• YouTube’s AI-powered age line is now live. Will it work as intended?

  YouTube has started to roll out age verification technology that uses AI-powered insights to estimate how old individual users are.

  
• Can MrBeast Kick it? Yes he can.

  MrBeast is making his debut on the streaming platform Kick to support his #TeamWater fundraising campaign.

  
• ‘Taskmaster’ is big on British TV. In the US, it’s a hit on YouTube.
• Streaming from a VR headset is about to get a lot easier
• CoComelon’s live action spin-off is ready to challenge Ms Rachel on YouTube
• Famous Birthdays can identify the next big creators. Pixability is passing that data on to advertisers.
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Would you like a side of water with that?
• Podcast listening on TVs has doubled. What can YouTube do with that growth?
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/10/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/10/2025
• The UK wants to measure YouTube more like TV
• TikTok’s new biz? Selling hotel rooms–and paying creators who help fill them
• Have you heard? Jake Paul gets litigious, brands get in on #RushTok, and ‘Baman Piderman’ returns.
• Through a U.K. TV show, Snap creates use case for AR
• A TV ad group wants YouTube to clean up its slop. Can it?
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Here be dragons
• YouTube’s support for LA wildfire relief includes $3 million fund for local creators
• YouTube memorializes Roblox’s trillion views with a metaverse-y museum
• TikTok learned that building a music service is hard, so it’s integrating YouTube instead
• Two creator funding platforms just crossed $10 billion in payouts
• A new game on Roblox has half a million interested players–and it’s not even out yet
• 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025 brought 30,000 digital content enthusiasts to Dubai. Are you ready for the 2026 event?