Here’s What Industry Experts Think Online Video Looks Like in 2020Those with intimate knowledge of the industry offer their predictions for the year aheadChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 31, 2019·6 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 31, 2019·6 min read
YouTube’s Deradicalization Argument Is Really a Fight About TransparencyThe reason we’re all focusing on the algorithm’s effects is we don’t know how it worksChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 29, 2019·7 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 29, 2019·7 min read
TikTok’s Managing Director Talks About the App’s FutureThe shortform video sharing app has had a wild 12 months. The next year will be even crazier. But what is TikTok? And where’s it going?Chris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 27, 2019·6 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 27, 2019·6 min read
Mariah Carey Reached Number One Thanks to TikTok, Soulja Boy, and The RockA YouTuber is the U.K. Christmas number one and Carey climbed the charts in the U.S. due to TikTok, YouTube and Spotify streamsChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 23, 2019·5 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 23, 2019·5 min read
Presley Ryan’s TikToks Have Made Beetlejuice Broadway’s Hottest TicketBut the production is being booted out of its current home on June 6. What gives?Chris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 20, 2019·4 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 20, 2019·4 min read
#Weihnachtsbäckerei is the Wholesome Christmas TikTok Hashtag You Didn’t Know You NeededThis corner of German baking TikTok is the most Christmassy content onlineChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 18, 2019·3 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 18, 2019·3 min read
PewDiePie Has Become YouTube’s Voice of ReasonYes, PewDiePie plans on taking a break in 2020. But that’s not the important stuff he said in his latest videoChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 16, 2019·4 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 16, 2019·4 min read
The U.K. General Election on TikTok Has a Clear Labour MajorityUsers of the hottest new shortform video app don’t do politics often, but when they do, it’s for LabourChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 12, 2019·5 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 12, 2019·5 min read
In Three Weeks YouTubers Need to be COPPA Compliant — But They Have No Idea What that MeansCreators like Adam Saleh have no idea what 2020 will bring, but YouTube’s new bullying policy gives an ideaChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 11, 2019·4 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 11, 2019·4 min read
Illicit Bootlegs on YouTube are Giving Musicals a Second LifeSome of Broadway’s hottest musicals have been given a jolt of life by bootleg traders using YouTube and other sitesChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 6, 2019·7 min readChris Stokel-Walker·Added Dec 6, 2019·7 min read