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Taylor Swift Lifts New Heights Podcast With Album Reveal

The New Heights podcast is reaching... new heights after Taylor Swift appeared on the show this Wednesday to reveal her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl. Data from Tubular Labs shows just how much of a lift Swift provided for the show – hosted by her boyfriend Travis Kelce, with

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MrBeast's Long/Short Video Balance Shows YouTube State Of Play

MrBeast is one of YouTube's biggest creators, and as such, he's made a career out of setting and being ahead of trends. His page is also revealing about the current state of successful videos: The best results are coming from either YouTube Shorts or longer-format videos.

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The Howard Stern Show's YouTube Decline Reveals Opportunities For Pivot

The Howard Stern Show may be coming to an end on SiriusXM. But that doesn't necessarily have to spell doom for the long-running program that pioneered current radio and podcast formats. Data from Tubular Labs sheds light on the show's recent social video decline, and how

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Diving Deeper Into Podcast YouTube Views

YouTube's podcast rankings provide an interesting view into which shows are driving watch-time each week, as the medium extends even further into video to diversify viewership and revenue streams. And while the weekly charts are informative to get a sense of which podcasts are trending, there's

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Ryan Trahan’s Road Trip Video Success

Creator Ryan Trahan hit his own highs for watch-time in June, thanks to a classic content concept: Road tripping. But this wasn’t just any road trip. Trahan’s series became (and still is) a daily endeavor that saw him visiting 50 states in 50 days. * The idea is a

REPORTS

What Audience Data Reveals About The Next Wave of The Creator Economy

YouTube, and social video in general, is winning a battle for TV viewers' attention, as recent industry coverage shows. But where's the playbook for what happens next, as video trends and audience behaviors continue to change? Hidden Trends, Big Moves – from Chartbeat/Tubular Labs' Jill Nicholson

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MeidasTouch, MSNBC Boost Watch-Time With Long, Live Videos

Shorts are a big piece of the pie when it comes to YouTube, but they’re not the end-all be-all, as some media companies regularly lean into. Tubular Labs data shows that in June, MeidasTouch and MSNBC were among the most successful U.S. channels generating domestic watch-time on Youtube

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Disney+ Audience Soars With Shorts Push

Disney+ has increasingly been focusing on YouTube Shorts to push both awareness of the service and highlight specific content options. Combined with some ad spend, the strategy netted the service 75% more unique U.S. viewers on YouTube in June 2025, according to new data from Tubular Labs. Disney+ uploaded

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Tariff Fears Attack Travel, Back-To-School Spend

Tariffs impact travel and back-to-school, unified TV ad measurement, and more in this week's The Measure newsletter.

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YouTube's Most Prolific U.S. Media Shorts Creators In 1H 2025

Shorts are a big deal, as the format accumulates seemingly larger shares of YouTube's views. But which U.S. media companies are doing the best job generating eyeballs with Shorts? Data from Tubular Labs reveals the top domestic media companies by shorts (uploads and views) over the first

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NBA Playoffs Reached 45% Of U.S. QSR Visitors

Long-form videos thrive on YouTube, how LinkedIn is bringing B2B to CTV, and more in this week's The Measure newsletter.

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Beauty Sponsors See 1.6x More Engagement With Food & Drink TikTok Videos

Even though U.S. beauty brands are sponsoring beauty videos at a higher rate on TikTok (53.6% in 2025, according to recent data from Tubular Labs), those videos are not getting the same level of engagement as other content categories. * Tubular's recent VidCon presentation – which you can

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16% Of YouTube Views Are On TV

YouTube TV's watch-time win, Chewy is tops, and more in this week's The Measure newsletter.

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How Does YouTube Viewing Differ By Device Type?

Mobile audiences drive a lot of YouTube Shorts views, while TV viewers are tuning into significantly more long-form videos – and watching them for a lot longer, too. That was one of the major takeaways from Tubular Labs' recent presentation at VidCon, which is now available for download. * Through May

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Which Devices Are Consumers Using To Watch YouTube Videos?

Is YouTube TV? The answer is that it depends on who you ask, and how you're measuring it. Tubular Labs recently dove into device-level insights around global YouTube viewership at VidCon, revealing some key findings for TV and mobile content viewing – and trends that shed light on where

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The Land of Boggs Takes Off

BuzzFeed’s The Land of Boggs short-form video show has been around since 2018, but has really hit its stride lately, as new data from Tubular Labs reveals. In May 2025, The Land of Boggs was the No. 11 media & entertainment channel on YouTube by unique U.S. viewers,

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Theatrical Releases Bring Thunder With Finals Ads

This Week On The Measure:  * Universal Roars With NBA Finals Ads * Restaurant Ads Break Through On CTV In May * Why Data Should Be Labeled, Certified Like Gasoline * Hopper Rides ‘Brain Rot’ To 3x Audience Increase * Online Shoppers Turn to Brand Websites For Deals * This Week’s Free Report: Hidden Trends,

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Milo And Chip Take On Gaming Giants With Long-Form Videos

Gaming is a busy space on YouTube, with some of the genre’s best creators having extensive histories earning millions of views per day with a variety of long-long-for and short-form videos. Typically, that lends to some difficulty for less established creators breaking in – though that was not the case

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Hopper Rides 'Brain Rot' To 3x Audience Increase

So-called “Italian Brain Rot” and other brain rot-related videos have found incredible popularity in recent months as the content finds a willing audience for its cast of strange AI characters and pseudo-Italian utterances.  One YouTuber that’s been taking full advantage of the trend is Hopper, who puts their own

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Eggdar Spins Off Stone Face Memes Success

A month after Stone Face Memes topped YouTube as its most-seen creator, movie-focused creator Eggdar achieved the same feat. * Data from Tubular Labs shows that Eggdar grew to 96.6 million unique U.S. viewers on YouTube in May 2025; all on the strength of short movie memes repeatedly displayed

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Data Shows More Stans For Tech Brands, Winning Consumer Fandom

This Week On The Measure:  * Tech Giants Winning Consumer Fandom * Longer-Form Videos Dominate YouTube Watch-Time * Learn More About Video Duration At VidCon * WBD Splits Up — But Can It Catch Up? * Nearly 10% Of B2B TV Ad Reach Comes Via Fox News * Majority Of Sports Viewers Like ‘Prime Vision’ AI Features

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Longer-Form Videos Dominate YouTube Watch-Time

While Shorts have taken over YouTube from a strict views standpoint, watch-time is increasingly guided by videos with durations of 20 minutes or longer. New Tubular Labs data – first shared with Bloomberg – reveals that over 57% of YouTube's minutes watched in 2025 (through May 31) were delivered by

Politics

C-SPAN's Large TikTok Audience Shows Appetite For Political Access

As U.S. consumers flock to streaming (both on-demand and vMVPDs), many are also inadvertently losing access to C-SPAN in the process. Neither YouTube TV nor Hulu (other streamers are holdouts as well) carry C-SPAN, and that's leading to fewer viewers having access to its programming, which you

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Media Companies Are Falling Behind On Shorts

Creators long ago took over YouTube, so it's not necessarily news that they accounted for over 95% of U.S. views on the platform over the last 30 days (May 11-June 11, via Tubular Labs data). But despite creators setting the tone around how content is being consumed,

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Brands Are Missing TikTok's Golden Window For Views

This Week On The Measure:  * 1-2 Min. TikTok Brand Videos Score Most Views * Michelob Scores As NBA Playoffs’ Top Brand * Truthset’s Gregg Galletta On Data-Rated Audiences * Brand Equity Equals 52% Of Consumer Purchase Motivation * 43% Delaying Apparel Purchases To Wait For Sales * 70% Of Consumers Would Use Wish List