More than one in five videos shown to first-time YouTube users are AI-generated “slop,” with a further third classified as ...

Python stays far ahead; C strengthens at #2, Java edges past C++, C# is 2025’s winner; Delphi returns, R holds #10.

As the year begins, the Netflix-YouTube rivalry stands as the most consequential story in new media. Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP ...

2025 will be remembered as the year Brazilian music stopped asking for permission and simply took over. Sertanejo tracks ...

When Merriam-Webster announced its Word of the Year was "slop," it made sense - at least from the perspective of someone who reports on the ins and outs of social media.

Video editing platform Kapwing analyzed trending YouTube channels and new-user feeds to quantify the prevalence of ...

If you've ever opened YouTube and seen a talking AI SpongeBob, a looping slime video, or something that feels engineered to ...

Today's music streaming services are experiencing stalled growth. 2026 will bring clues about what will succeed them.

YouTube keeps growing fast. In 2025, there were more than 2.5 billion active YouTube users and over 100 million YouTube ...

YouTube is massive in 2025. More than 2.7 billion people watch every month, and hundreds of hours of video content go live each minute. With that much noise, even strong clips can sit with a low view ...

In 2025, consumer A/V and media stopped being about better gear and started being about power, ownership, and control—who owns the content, who controls distribution, and who ul ...

The red carpet hasn’t been only about dressing well — and for a while now. Striving for polished and chic is the bare minimum. In 2025, the game is about garnering attention, and the stars who ...