Peggy K's Creator News

This week you can see how your YouTube channel and Instagram are performing in Google Search, flag LinkedIn posts and comments as AI slop, collab with other creators on YouTube and LinkedIn, privately tweak your algorithm on Threads and more. ✉ Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday. Top Updates Use the new Google Search Console guide to understand performance of your YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and X in Search. Flag AI Slop posts and comments on LinkedIn. Struggling StreamElements was acquired by hardware-maker Razer .  YouTube now lets you collab with up to 10 other Creators. YouTube Shopping has improved analytics. YouTube updated the Advertiser-Friendly Guidelines around Violence and depicting death. The Edits app now lets you find music for your video based on a vibe and share videos directly Instagram Stories. Medium automatical...

Summer is officially here! Be sure to take a break now and again to enjoy the outdoors (this is also a reminder for me).  This week there are new limits on teens using social media, updates for YouTube Partners, Twitch Streamers, writers on Substack, Beehiiv, and Mastodon, Threads Communities, LinkedIn Profiles and more. Subscribe to the free Creator Weekly newsletter. Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday. Tip: If you live stream AND you are on Bluesky, be sure to set the LIVE badge on your profile. Learn how. Top Updates UK will ban social media for under-16s and limit live streaming for all under-18s. YouTube Partners can update Membership pricing every 12 months, and optionally use new smart pricing recommendations. Twitch rolled out Dual Format streaming to all, and 4K streaming to Affiliates and Partners. If you don’t want to set up Dual Format streaming yourself, use Streamlabs. Twitch h...

Hello dear readers, this week the World Cup tournament begins, with features for fans and creators. Plus there are creator updates for YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, and more. 📰 Subscribe to the free Creator Weekly newsletter. 🔴 Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday. Top Updates There are World Cup features and content for creators and fans. Apple Podcasts will get better support for video podcasts on Macs and tvOS, editing with Apple Intelligence in Photos features, and more from WWDC 2026.  YouTube DMs have expanded to the US, Brazil and more countries. The YouTube Creator Responsibility Policy now prohibits using YouTube’s tools to create content that harms others (including spam). The YouTube Remix button has moved.  YouTube’s portrait mode mobile player has been simplified. You can now view non-music YouTube Shorts in picture-in-picture ...

Dear readers, I hope you are enjoying spring weather and not glued to your internet device (I’m trying to get out more). This week there are updates for YouTube, Twitch, AdSense, Threads and more. I am debating whether to live stream this Sunday, as I’m feeling better this week. If you catch me, stop by and say hello in the live chat. It’s like riding a bike, right? Get Creator Weekly in your email inbox every Saturday. This Week’s Top Updates YouTube Studio now has an account status overview. YouTube enforces Community Guidelines in channel descriptions. YouTube advertiser-friendly Shocking Content policy prohibits monetization of young-looking subjects in distress. YouTube tests mobile app redesign with swipeable feeds. Twitch cracks down on viewbotting and is testing Streamer Shouts messages to fans. Edits video editing app has new Instagram stats, caption customization controls and AI Fuse for blending photos into...