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Welcome, readers. This week there is a surprising lack of YouTube updates. But there are updates for TikTok, Bluesky, Patreon, StreamElements, and lots of new AI features. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. 👂 Listen to the Creator Weekly podcast in YouTube Music 🔴 Watch Creator Weekly Live episodes Top news and updates this week US TikTok had a bad first week, and some creators are trying alternatives like UpScrolled and Skylight. Cheaper Google AI Plus subscriptions are fully global, giving access to some (but not all) Google’s AI-powered creative tools. Experimental Project Genie can generate 3D worlds in real time. YouTube is using Gemini in its recommendation system. YouTube is making search safer for teens. Patreon requires all users to move to subscription billing. They blame Apple. The Edits video editing app has new features to copy fonts and other elements between projects and ea...

I hope you are all staying warm this weekend! This week YouTube announced their priorities for 2026, TikTok has a deal that lets them stay in the US, and there are more updates for YouTube, Substack, Threads, X and more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email 👂 Listen to the Creator Weekly podcast in YouTube Music 🔴 Watch Creator Weekly Live episodes Top news and updates this week The deal to transfer TikTok’s U.S. operations to a US-owned company was finalized. YouTube announced their priorities for 2026, which include reducing the spread of AI slop. Managing your videos in the YouTube app has been simplified. Substack now has a TV app for watching video and livestreams. Google Vids can now add animated synchronized captions in a variety of styles. Twitch made it easier for monetized streamers to run their own custom discount promotions. Vimeo added Google Meet integration, making it easier to edit recordings. StreamYard has new professional visual filters. Rest...

Tech companies are back up to speed after the winter holidays with new product updates and features. There’s news from YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Bluesky, Instagram, Search and AI updates from Gemini, ChatGPT, and Grok. There are two new ways to get your Creator Weekly news: 👂 New ! Listen to Creator Weekly Live as a podcast in YouTube Music . ⭐ New ! Add PeggyKTC.com as a Preferred Source for Google Search Top Stories. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week YouTube simplified its search filters. YouTube now allows monetization of some controversial content. Google Veo 3.1 “ Ingredients to Video” lets you create video clips using up to 3 reference images, and is available in Gemini, YouTube, and Google Vids. Spotify makes it easier for video podcasters to qualify for their Partner Program. Apple launched the new Creator Studio creative app suite, with a subscription price a fraction of a Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. Bluesky lets you add...

Looking back at the past year there were a number of notable trends. See also: Top YouTube Updates of 2025 and 10 New YouTube Features to Build Your Audience There has been a continuation of 2024 Creator Trends , with more vertical video and updates to platforms like Substack and Patreon where creators can (supposedly) “own” their audience. And, of course, there is more generative AI in everything. But in 2025 Creators were affected by political decisions that affect policy and economics, there was pushback against AI-generated content, and “authenticity” is the new watchword. Next week I’ll be back with the usual creator update news. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. 🔴 Creator Weekly Live Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday, 10:30AM Pacific time (6:30PM UTC). Join me live or watch the recording . ✅ Take this week’s quiz What do you know about the 2025 updates on YouTube? Take this week’s quiz . My top creator trends for 2025 (and into 2026) More of the ol...