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Top story PlatformsTea level Mild YouTube returns to Billboard charts in 2027 as paid-stream gap narrows to 1.5-to-1 Billboard cuts the paid-to-free stream gap from 2.5-to-1 to 1.5-to-1 effective Jan 16, 2027. YouTube ends its data pullout from the charts. 19h ago · 2 min read

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Money Tea level Mild Only 1 in 4 U.S. adults trust creators to always disclose brand deals, survey finds 69% want paid posts disclosed, per Morning Consult. Gen Z doubts creators far less than Boomers do, yet 23% of Gen Z say disclosure isn't ne… 1d ago · 3 min read

Streamers Tea level Mild iJustine hosts Carnival’s Play Carnival Twitch stream Nov 15, with viewers steering Carnival Cruise Line's Nov 5 release says viewers will vote on iJustine's path aboard Celebration at 10:30 a.m. ET, keeping a Fun Meter abov… 3d ago · 2 min read

Streamers Tea level Warm TheBurntPeanut backlash: Steam hides Dead by Daylight reviews, score rebounds Steam flagged Nov 1-6 reviews as off-topic, lifting the game back to Mostly Positive. Here is how the flag works and how the dispute unfolde… 4d ago · 3 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild Discord is dropping Electron for Rust: what the 290 MB screenshot shows CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy posted an early Discord Phoenix build on Nov 4. No release date yet, and the RAM figure is not a like-for-like tes… 5d ago · 3 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild YouTube adds six educational Playables, including Veritasium’s trivia game YouTube's games hub now has titles from Khan Academy, TED-Ed and Black Girls Code. Veritasium's Elements of Truth is a trivia game with conf… Nov 4 · 2 min read

YouTube Tea level Mild Druski signs a multi-year Netflix deal; Collect & Praise premieres Dec 1 The megachurch sketch becomes a Netflix series with Mike Epps. Here is what's confirmed, what Deadline says the deal covers, and what's stil… Nov 3 · 2 min read

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Platforms Tea level Mild YouTube tests a 30-day lock for channels facing spam termination Eligible channels can edit or delete videos, appeal, or wipe every upload to keep the channel, YouTube says. It is a test, and eligibility i… Nov 2 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Warm California SB 1247 lets grown kids of family vloggers force video takedowns Nov 1 · 2 min read

YouTube Tea level Mild MrBeast bet $100K a round against LeBron, Clark and Haaland. Who won? Nov 1 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild Disney’s first TikTok Shop Super Brand Day starts Nov. 4 with 20+ brands Nov 1 · 2 min read

Money Tea level Mild MrBeast’s company names its first CMO, and she comes from Feastables Oct 31 · 2 min read

Streamers Tea level Warm Lacy’s $12,000 Japan dinner bill: viewers hijacked his QR code, and the restaurant disagrees The restaurant says it only charges for food customers actually ate, and Lacy has since posted that he was "dumb" and thought the joke was f… Oct 31 · 3 min read

YouTube Tea level Warm MrBeast’s exit letter asks ex-employees to avoid posts about him, and lawyers push back Oct 31 · 3 min read

Streamers Tea level Warm Clavicular’s landlord sues over $53K-a-month Encino mansion, citing fart spray and a horse Oct 30 · 2 min read

Streamers Tea level Mild QTCinderella says this year’s Streamer Awards trophies were stolen off a porch Oct 30 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Warm Instagram is offering YouTubers up to $500,000 to post its new Features videos Oct 30 · 2 min read

YouTube Tea level Warm Jake Paul books a Christmas Eve boxing return in Dubai, opponent TBA MVP says Paul's first fight since the Joshua loss and broken jaw is Thursday, Dec 24; Tommy Fury is reportedly out and KSI says he is retire… Oct 29 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild YouTube is testing a $20 minimum payout instead of $100 for some creators Oct 29 · 2 min read

YouTube Tea level Mild Curry Barker’s Mama Bear premieres on YouTube today, with Windows as sponsor Oct 29 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild Tubi and TikTok back 10 creator-led TV series from TikTok stars Oct 28 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild Adam Mosseri says paying video creators loses Instagram money: “ROI negative” Oct 28 · 2 min read

Streamers Tea level Scalding Hasan Piker sues Scott Jennings for $72M over a ‘lynching’ clip The complaint says Jennings aired an edited Twitch clip with a made-up caption. Jennings has not responded publicly. Oct 28 · 3 min read

Viral Tea level Mild Numa Numa Guy and Tay Zonday reunite in a Firefox ad people call better than Rewind Oct 27 · 2 min read

YouTube Tea level Mild MrBeast Lab returns Nov. 1 with 8 new YouTube episodes and a trailer Oct 27 · 2 min read

Money Tea level Warm MrBeast and Mastercard announce co-branded card plans, no details yet Oct 27 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild Instagram is testing 90-minute videos called Features, with no ad revenue share Oct 26 · 2 min read

Viral Tea level Hot PlaqueBoyMax tells the White House off after its TikTok used his beat The producer quote-posted his objection on Oct 20 over a Trump clip set to UnoTheActivist's "Man of the Year"; whether any license was breac… Oct 26 · 3 min read

YouTube Tea level Warm JerryRigEverything’s dust test left the $1,999 iPhone Duo unable to close Oct 26 · 3 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild YouTube Shorts Bonus Program will pay some creators just for posting on schedule Oct 25 · 2 min read

Viral Tea level Warm Puppy Songs’ Cheese Tax creator is suing Kroger and LG over the viral sound Oct 25 · 2 min read

Drama Tea level Hot Frogan says she still owes $73K after Ethan Klein dropped his lawsuit Oct 25 · 2 min read

YouTube Tea level Scalding Ethan Klein says he’s giving up his stake in H3, Teddy Fresh and Teddy Glow The H3 Podcast, about 12.5M YouTube views a month, is on hiatus while its crew weighs life without him, per Tubefilter and Dexerto. Oct 24 · 2 min read

Viral Tea level Warm GothamChess calls SourGrape02’s viral Meta glasses chess video “chess LARP” Oct 24 · 2 min read

Streamers Tea level Warm Ibai Llanos calls his Netflix move a ‘master plan’ after old clip resurfaces Oct 24 · 2 min read

Drama Tea level Nuclear Ethan Klein’s H3 Podcast is on hiatus, and the crew says it’s cutting ties Oct 23 · 3 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild YouTube hits a record 15.8% of all U.S. TV time, double Netflix’s share Oct 23 · 2 min read

Streamers Tea level Hot Hasan Piker’s sold-out Minneapolis event has Democrats fighting eight days before the midterms Omar Fateh says RSVPs for the Oct. 26 show with Ilhan Omar sold out within five minutes; Klobuchar's campaign and Rep. Angie Craig have crit… Oct 23 · 2 min read

Platforms Tea level Mild Twitch Stream Recaps turn missed streams into highlight reels, and streamers edit them Oct 22 · 2 min read

Drama Tea level Warm Ludwig names the 4 streamers late to his wedding; QTCinderella tells fans to back off Oct 22 · 3 min read