YouTube

• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/31/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/31/2026

  Gender roles are on display -- and men are acting wildly -- in the channels highlighted in this week's Global Top 50.

  
• Creators sit behind YouTube’s “Brand Deal Desk” to explain the secrets of their sponsorships

  'The Brand Deal Desk' is a new web series from YouTube and Little Dot Studios that features creators Max Fosh, Erin White, and Grace Andrews.

  
• YouTube is making AI labels easier to read (and applying them automatically)

  YouTube is updating its AI labels so that they're more visible. It is also automatically tagging AI video its systems detect.

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/24/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/24/2026
• YouTube is starting to test a “Top Fans” distribution option limited to the uppermost 1% of viewers
• YouTube’s new AI tool can add your likeness to Shorts posted by other creators
• YouTube’s war on deepfakes goes global: Likeness detection is now open to all.
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/17/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/17/2026
• YouTube, BBC kick off creator economy training program in the U.K.