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• The rise of AI bot DeepSeek reminds the U.S. government that it can’t contain Chinese tech forever
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 01/26/2025

  The power of engineering is strong in the United States, with old hands like Mark Rober and newcomers like Craftsman Whale in the Top 50.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/26/2025

  PresentHunt and Candy Superstar are harnessing the power of colorful videos to reach the Global Top 50 and viewers around the world.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Cheaters, consoles, and ‘Lethal Company’

  Joe Rogan has dropped out of our top 5 after dominating last week's list, making way for YouTube OGs like Linus Tech Tips, Wendigoon, and some good old ASMR. But that doesn't mean he batted zero over the last seven: he's in at spots #26 and #29. We expect him to be a pretty familiar face on our Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Reports if he keeps hanging around people involved in the Trump administration (and the social media CEOs who want its approval). For now, though, our top 5s are quite the collection, from a take on Nintendo's next console to how narcotics-selling cartels transport their goods and a cheating investigation worth of early 2000s MTV.

  
• ShopMy cashes in on influencer campaigns, affiliate marketing with $77.5 million funding round
• Nickelodeon takes on CoComelon with first original animated series on YouTube
• Have you heard? Shroud frags for his dad, and chess gets a rules update
• Substack pledges $20 million to creators who bring their followers its way
• Creators are getting thousands of new followers by posting Trial Reels. Was that Instagram’s plan all along?
• The holidays have become the peak viewing period on streaming platforms
• Rival apps X, Bluesky are both launching their own takes on TikTok
• Trump’s inauguration stream shows that his YouTube presence could play a bigger role during his second term