News

• YouTube will let creators consent to AI training (and opt them out by default)
• India to get big influencer boxing moment with Logan Paul/Conor McGregor fight

  Former UFC star Conor McGregor said that he has agreed to fight Logan Paul in a boxing match that will take place in India.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Mark Rober, Matthew Beem, and Moriah Elizabeth

  After a record-breaking week for our last Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report, we're back to normal, with around ~2,000 sponsored videos going up on YouTube. At #1 is Mark Rober, moving up a spot from last week with another highlight for his company CrunchLabs--but he's not the only familiar face on this week's list. We won't spoil any more, but we will say the bonus video hits on a holiday trend that seems to get bigger and bigger every year.

  
• Dentistry is a hard business. Dr. Simone Ellis has made $150,000 on Kajabi by helping others learn to survive it.

  "Kajabi made some opportunities available for me that I knew I wanted to do, and I found a great foundation for me to be able to do that," she says. "Kajabi has also helped me because it's allowing me to give my message out to so many people in comparison to what I think I could've done on my own."

  
• Snapchat is changing how creators earn money–and making it harder for them to start
• CoryxKenshin disappeared from YouTube 18 months ago. Now he’s back–with a big announcement.
• Have you heard? More FaZe drama, LegalEagle’s big lawsuit, and AMP’s favorite bear
• YouTube is still the most familiar platform among America’s teens
• Everything’s going up for YouTube on TVs: Sports viewership, 4K uploads, and the price
• Instagram gives creators a trial run for their Reels
• ‘Hot Ones’ host First We Feast gets new owners (including Sean Evans himself) in $82.5 million deal
• Was Sora trained on Marques Brownlee’s videos?
• Trisha Paytas is following up her ‘SNL’ cameo with a one-night-only Broadway show
• 9.5 million new streamers hit “Go live” on Twitch this year
• YouTube says hello, hola, and नमस्ते by expanding auto-dubbing to educational creators
• Podcasters influenced the 2024 election, so Spotify is setting up shop in D.C.
• Nearly two-thirds of sports content is consumed via streaming, but repetitive ads are frustrating fans
• TikTok wants to turn millions of Americans into paid shopping influencers
• YouTube’s gaming hub Playables is getting competitive
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 12/08/2024
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 12/08/2024
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Ronaldo, Ryan Trahan, robots
• “You have a community of creatives”: Twitch faces backlash over new AI-generated emote
• U.S. TikTokers are preparing for a ban by promoting their YouTube and Instagram channels