News

• Twitch was making money off subscriptions to permabanned channels. Thanks to streamers getting loud about it, refunds are on the way.
• CoryxKenshin’s manga just sold 200,000 physical copies in a week

  The series follows main character Jabari Booker, a musician who (in true manga style) just wants to go to school, but instead finds himself battling a corrupt tech corporation and its mutated creations.

  
• Vimeo’s new product lets creators build and monetize their own streaming services

  Vimeo is consolidating creator-led subscription hubs (a la Amazon's Prime Video Channels) with a new product called Vimeo Streaming.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: 1 bunnygirl, 3 Shorts, 20 anti-vaxxers

  Welcome back to our Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report, where it's the week of Shorts. We have not one, not two, but three Shorts in our top slots, two of which are from MrBeast and one of which is a curious case. Then we go much longer with Jubilee's latest episode of Surrounded, and cap things off with some VTuber face time.

  
• Trump gave TikTok 75 more days to find a buyer in the U.S. Here’s a rundown of the suitors.
• Nas Daily’s Dubai hotel has maker spaces for creators–and lets some share in its revenue
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• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/06/2025
• Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • March 2025
• Companies are tapping creators for their expertise. Doing Things wants Jake Krantz to lead its new era of original content.
• Top 100 Most Subscribed U.S. YouTube Channels • March 2025
• Have you heard? Adin Ross returns to Twitch and Technoblade never dies
• Get ready for real ads in virtual worlds, thanks to new Google-Roblox team-up
• YouTube’s removal of “gender identity” from hate speech rules has trans rights advocates concerned
• BTS label HYBE and Alan Chikin Chow are teaming up to create a K-pop supergroup in the U.S.
• YouTube wants to make Shorts the new CapCut
• A startup that dubs videos to help creators reach their “global potential” has raised $8.5 million
• Typical Gamer is the first “Fortnite Millionaire.” Here’s why that matters.
• QVC will be on TikTok 24/7 with round-the-clock shoppable streams
• Creators want to go steady with big brands
• Substack wants its creators to stick around. A TikTok-style feed will help them promote their newsletters.
• Creators won’t dominate the next phase of the creator economy
• With help from FaZe Clan, the legend of Four Loko is reaching Gen Z
• A fresh estimate suggests that YouTube could be worth as much as $550 billion