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• Have you heard? Keith Lee serves sushi drama, MrBallen is a bestseller, and Ro Pansino smokes her dad
• Cristiano Ronaldo wanted his MrBeast collab to “break the internet.” It did.

  Cristiano Ronaldo delivered one of the biggest YouTube videos of all time by collaborating with Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: One salad, two bombs, and three Joe Rogans

  Joe Rogan got a lot of face time on our Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Reports in the leadup to the 2024 election--and now that the election is over, he's getting even more. This week, he's not just spot #1, but got in at #6 and #7, too. Aside from the Roganpalooza, we have Kurzgesagt and NileBlue both chiming in for some Ms. Frizzle moments, plus a stretchy Short and a deep dive into dinner from that one very pale, deaging-obsessed biohacker who uses his son like a Mad Max: Fury Road blood bag.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: JD Vance, PewDiePie, and “the internet’s oldest lie”

  After making an appearance last week on Theo Von's podcast, JD Vance is back for a three-hour interview with Joe Rogan. Since these videos were both released in the leadup to the election, we now know the outcome--including how Rogan, Von, and Adin Ross were shotued out by UFC CEO Dana White during Donald Trump's victory speech. Surreal. As for the rest of the lineup, we depart from politics into baseball, science, a splash of art, and one of the internet's favorite video games.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: The election, an Aston Martin, and one very haunted school
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Nuts, nopes, and practical engineering
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Copycats, kicks, and underground cities
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Codes, celebrity tech, really cool eels
• Have you heard? KSI got trolled by Drake.
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Twins, tigers, and total nightmares
• Have you heard? Streamer Stable Ronaldo made $1.2 million in a month — or did he?
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Lunchly, luxury cars, and a long look at online scammers