News

• Snapchat is using the TikTok ban as an opportunity to promote creators like Avani Gregg and Loren Gray
• Russia made it harder for citizens to watch YouTube. They’re going to VKontakte instead.

  VKontakte has surpassed YouTube in Russia, where alleged throttling has pushed citizens to a local social media app.

  
• The ‘Wii Sports Tennis’ version of the Australian Open looks silly, but it’s a whole new kind of sports stream

  The Australian Open has circumvented broadcast restrictions with live streams that make tennis players look like Nintendo characters.

  
• Tech advocates and celebs are mad at Mark Zuckerberg, so they’re raising $30 million to build a social network he can’t control

  Mark Zuckerberg's now-infamous suck-up video has sparked a $30 million movement to "save social media from billionaire capture."

  
• Netflix wants to keep pace with YouTube among toddlers, so it struck a deal with Ms. Rachel
• Senators who passed the TikTok ban are realizing a lot of people won’t like it
• Advertisers can now see if their Amazon ads drive sales at Walmart, Best Buy, and Target. Does that give them an edge?
• The TikTok ban might give “Chinese Instagram” the opening it needs to break into the U.S.
• As wildfires strike Los Angeles, YouTube vlogs offer personal perspectives
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Cars, trains, and…pizza?
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 01/12/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/12/2025
• Will YouTube be the new TikTok? It’s pushing longer Shorts and more creation tools
• Have you heard? MrBeast gives permission to repost his videos, and Nelk gives vapes to villagers.
• Is Twitch viewership at its lowest point in four years?
• Pickles, cherries, and cream sodas: Pinterest thinks 2025’s trends will be colorful and delicious
• As TikTok ban looms, other platforms are rushing in to court displaced creators
• Meet the company making Skibidi Toilet a toy-aisle bestseller
• Ruby Franke’s oldest daughter has authored a telling memoir — and a cautionary tale for family vloggers
• The PGA Tour’s creator circuit is teeing off
• AI companies want digital content to train their models. RHEI’s new platform lets creators license it to them.
• Is World of Warcraft RP Twitch’s next big thing?
• YouTube is testing another tool that helps creators turn long-form content into Shorts
• Investors deliver $265 million funding round to Whatnot as live shopping gets hotter