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• Twitch is now letting parents keep their under-18s from becoming streamers. But there’s nothing stopping adults from posting footage of their kids online.
• Roblox wants you to vibe code its next hit game

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, FIFA, and CleanMyMac?

  This week's Gospel Stats Brand Report is four Shorts and a long (chosen by yours truly). If anything's a sign of the times, it's that. We've officially arrived at a time where brands are paying creators for punchy, 60-second content--and creators are using the same format to advertise their own products.

  
• Breaking down the billions of fans who took in the World Cup on YouTube and TikTok

  YouTube and TikTok got expanded access to the FIFA World Cup in 2026. That turned out well for all parties involved.

  
• Instagram’s audio swapping tool is a quality-of-life upgrade for creators
• YouTube shares tools that let creators turn their playlists into shows
• WWE is putting its star wrestlers in a ReelShort microdrama
• Reign Maker Group takes a majority stake in Hyphen, highlights its ownership and profit-share structure for subsidiaries
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/19/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/19/2026
• TikTok’s return to U.S. government devices represents easing tensions
• Netflix says watch hours are quality over quantity, and also it’s only going to report them once a year (after it already stopped reporting subscriber counts)
• Lenovo and Portal A let creators take charge in their “Creator Odyssey” campaign
• Have you heard? Miku’s medical device, KanePixels’ director’s cut, and Jaylen Brown’s Twitch takes.
• TikTok’s plan to break into sports involves slam dunks and right hooks
• YouTube says it contributed $60 billion to the U.S. GDP in 2025
• Hololive is charging $40 for 60-second VTuber meet-and-greets
• A creator contest will find “Fresh Meat” for a theatrical horror anthology
• Disney is using a glitzy L.A. premiere to court creators with Hollywood ambitions
• It took comedian Sheila D Yeah 530 Instagram skits to get noticed. Now, with Viral Nation, she’s working on her own TV show.
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Lifestyle swag
• At Kai Cenat’s Streamer University, the stars have aligned (and enrolled)
• Spotify is using AI to turn Wrapped into a year-round phenomenon
• YouTube has limited eating disorder videos, but there’s more work to do