News

• After another shutout, do creators need the Emmys?
• The fight against “unoriginal” content (including AI slop) is coming to Facebook

  Meta is following YouTube's lead by disallowing monetization for repetitive and unoriginal AI slop on Facebook.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Chicken Shorts and Kill Tony, with bonus Prime Day

  After three straight weeks of Dave Ramsey dominance, he's no longer in our top 5...but that doesn't mean he's not getting sponsors. Just like in previous weeks, Ramsey posted around ~30 sponsored videos across his channels, generating brand income on top of millions of views' worth of passive income. Seems like a smart financial decision to us.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/13/2025

  AI slop channels are trying to report the news now. Just one problem -- some of the "reports" never happened.

  
• Indie game creators are making millions selling their Roblox worlds
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels • Week Of 07/13/2025
• The creator economy is still growing year-over-year, but a monetization gap is emerging
• Netflix’s latest digital creator pickup is webnovel ‘Solo Leveling’
• A new creator horror movie hits theaters, despite lawsuit from 50 Cent
• Have you heard? Speed and Jynxzi’s Fortnite tourney, TikTok’s denial, and no more Creator Clash 3
• Thanks to ‘EA Sports College Football’, gamers are the new four-star recruits
• Parents want ads that reflect “their emotional experience as a parent,” Moonbug study finds
• Consolidation is here: The first half of 2025 saw 52 M&A deals in the creator economy
• YouTube replaces Trending tab with charts that show “micro-trends enjoyed by diverse communities”
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels • Week Of 07/06/2025
• OpenAI’s next project is a browser to beat Google Chrome
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/06/2025
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2015, Casey Neistat revolutionized the vlog without removing his shades
• YouTube wants creators to share data with brands and potential advertisers
• A Scripted Digital Boom Is FINALLY Here— And This Time, It’s Real
• TikTok yanks funding from Canadian cultural institutions ahead of potential shutdown
• Meta wants more creators to pay for verification. So it’s giving them 12 months for free.
• Quackity’s back, and says he’s invented an app to let streamers speak “any” language
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Ramseyfication levels increasing (and MrBeast is here too)