YouTube

• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 02/16/2025
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Pyramids, paddles, and Facebook Marketplace

  MrBeast is back in our latest Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report, chronicling a 100-hour journey through the Giza pyramid complex. While he did gamify the whole experience--and use it to promote his products at Moose Toys--he did capture the kind of footage most people wouldn't be able to see otherwise, plus got an interesting historical walkthrough thanks to his Egyptian guide. Following him, we've got some Veritasium, a little pre-Super Bowl table tennis, a professional scammer robot, and some winter weather on the California coast.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/16/2025

  Kid celebrities like Santi Oficial and Arika's World are lighting it up on YouTube Shorts and in the Global Top 50.

  
• YouTube shuts down “true crime” channel that was all AI lies

  There was no news coverage because the murder wasn't real. Nothing said in the video was true; the channel owner had made it all up, with the help of ChatGPT. But he didn't disclose anywhere on the channel that the stories were false, nor that AI had been used to create supposed images of killers and victims, parents and children.

  
• YouTube, TikTok, Meta address scrutiny with resources for teens
• February 14 marks the 20th anniversary of YouTube’s founding
• Neal Mohan says YouTube is the new TV–and creators are the new Hollywood
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 02/09/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/09/2025
• On the Podcast: YouTube had a fantastic 2024, 2025 will be good, and 2026 is going to be great
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Podcasts, super glue, and NASA’s big plans
• China might nix Trump’s TikTok deal. If it does, other platforms will be ready.