By the Way, Brands Build Their Longest-Lasting Relationships with Creators on YouTube
Brands looking for long-term stability and ROI in 2026 are continuing to place their biggest, most sustainable bets on long-form video creators.
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The TV-fication of YouTube: Why 2026 is the Year the Creator Economy Went Prime Time
If you caught the highlights from Brandcast 2026, you probably noticed something shifted. The air didn't smell like "viral videos" anymore; it smelled like the "Upfronts."
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AI: The Killer and the Savior of Search at the Same Time
One of the loudest holy wars in the AI era boils down to a single question: Will AI kill search engines?The answer, as with most things in tech, is both yes and no. And the clearest proof is unfolding right now on YouTube.
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Don’t Try to Leave YouTube
Once a YouTuber, always a YouTuber.In a wide-ranging March 2026 interview with The New York Times, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan delivered a message that was equal parts confident and quietly ruthless: the platform has no serious rivals, and it knows it. YouTube isn’t just winning the streaming wars — it has already won the war for attention itself.
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YouTube’s New Push Notification Crackdown: A Smart Fix for Notification Fatigue or a Hit to Creator Reach?
In the ongoing conversation around content deliverability, YouTube has just rolled out a significant change that will affect millions of creators and subscribers.
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YouTube Is Tightening the Screws: Unskippable Long Ads Are Coming — Even If You Don’t Like It
YouTube has officially decided to stop pretending.In a move that many saw coming but hoped would never actually happen, the platform is rolling out longer, unskippable ads — and they’re starting with the TV app.
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YouTube Finally Launches Gemini-Powered Creator Partnerships: 3 Million Creators, Zero Commission, All Inside Google Ads
YouTube Finally Launches Gemini-Powered Creator Partnerships: Brands Get Direct Access to 3 Million Creators with Zero Commission
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YouTube’s Biggest Thumbnail & Title Study Ever: 323,000 Videos, 62.6 Billion Views, and the Brutal Truth About What Actually Gets Clicks
The team at 1of10 (the same guys behind the viral “outlier hunting” Chrome extension) just dropped the most comprehensive public analysis of YouTube performance anyone has ever seen.
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Insights from Little Dot Studios' 2026 YouTube Viewing Whitepaper: Evolving Trends in Content and Consumption
In February 2026, Little Dot Studios released its comprehensive whitepaper titled Understanding the New Era of YouTube Viewing in 2026, drawing from an analysis of over 1.2 billion views across more than 800 managed channels.
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Kwebbelkop's Big Pivot: From AI Clone Experiment Back to Live Hosting as He Relaunches His Channel in 2026
Popular Dutch YouTuber Kwebbelkop (real name Jordi van den Bussche), once one of the most consistent gaming creators with over 15 million subscribers, has officially announced he's returning as the live host of his main channel.
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YouTube Shorts Gets Its Cameo Moment: Google Lets Creators Generate AI Avatars of Themselves
On February 5, 2026, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dropped one of the most anticipated product teases of the year during an appearance at a creator event: very soon, creators will be able to generate short videos using their own digital likeness — essentially creating AI-powered versions of themselves for YouTube Shorts.
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YouTube's Monetization Makeover: Easing Rules on Sensitive Topics for Creators
In a move that's being hailed as a lifeline for storytellers and educators on the platform, YouTube has revised its advertiser-friendly content guidelines, allowing creators to earn full ad revenue from videos touching on once-taboo subjects like abortion, self-harm, suicide, and abuse.
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6 Powerful Psychology Hacks To Increase YouTube Engagement
Psychology plays an important role when creating content for social media.
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YouTube's Algorithm Floods New Users with AI-Generated 'Slop' – A Booming Low-Quality Content Empire
As generative AI tools become more accessible, YouTube is grappling with an influx of low-effort, automated videos dubbed "AI slop" – content mass-produced solely to exploit the platform's recommendation system for views and ad revenue.
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YouTube's Playables Builder Beta: Empowering Creators to Craft AI-Generated Games Without a Line of Code
In a move that bridges the gap between content creation and interactive entertainment, YouTube has quietly rolled out a closed beta for Playables Builder, an innovative web app that lets creators build bite-sized games using simple prompts
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