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• Roblox’s new Shopify partnership shows it’s still making the metaverse happen
• Roblox wants to be its own Billboard

  Billboard may run the music industry's official performance rankings, but YouTube and TikTok also have their very own charts tracking what music is popping with their user bases. And soon, those platforms will be joined by Roblox, which announced that as part of its partnership with indie music distributor DistroKid, it'll start publishing its own charts in 2025.

  
• Roblox generated $1.2 billion in the U.S. creator economy between 2017 and 2023

  Roblox is touting its contributions to the creator economy, including the $1.2 billion it added to the U.S. GDP between 2017 and 2023.

  
• Hollywood turns to TikTok to fill seats in empty theaters—and it seems like it’s working

  TikTok says it "has the power to breathe new life into past programming, just as effectively as the latest blockbuster hit." It might be right.

  
• Roblox bets on ecommerce by selling tickets to ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’
• Creators made $741 million on Roblox last year. New analytics tools will push that number even higher.
• Common Sense Networks teams up with ‘Roblox’ publisher for child-safe ad partnerships
• Roblox’s revamped Creator Fund offers “a minimum of $500,000 per project” for in-platform development
• Paris Hilton’s Roblox destination generated the same buzz as a $60 million ad campaign, her company says
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/25/2024
• Roblox paid out $741 million to its community of creators in 2023
• Roblox is giving creators 100% of their revenue from some developer assets