Creator

Nineteen years after Jawed Karim uploaded the very first YouTube video, the awkward, 19-second clip in front of San Diego Zoo’s elephant enclosure is memorable today only because of what it represents: the start of a multibillion-dollar juggernaut that defines so much of what it means to be an online creator.Today, YouTube is the social media platform by a sizable margin, especially among . Its influence is so vast it feels almost impossible to define. The service has birthed thousands of memes and internet…

This article contains spoilers for the series finale of Netflix’s “Young Royals.”For three seasons on Netflix’s “Young Royals,” Prince Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding) has wrestled with a difficult question: Can he balance his duties as the heir to the Swedish throne with his love for his working-class schoolmate Simon Eriksson (Omar Rudberg)?The answer, in the eyes of co-creator and head writer Lisa Ambjörn, was a resounding no.The long-awaited finale of the hit Swedish teen drama series — which dropped Monday along with a…

Roblox officially has its own creator fund, the company tells Fast Company in an exclusive announcement.While the company previously offered a fund for games makers and designers, the expanded $35 million fund, will encompass developer studios and users who want to build things beyond games on the server—and one of the first partners is a short-form video service, nudging into the social media landscape.“The newly titled Creator Fund, previously Game Fund, is one of the many programs we have in place to support creators…

SZA, Tyler, the Creator, Blink-182, the Killers, and Future x Metro Boomin will arrive in Chicago this summer as Lollapalooza 2024 headliners. The festival will return to Grant Park, Aug. 1 through 4. Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez, and Skrillex have also earned top billing this year, with Skrillex returning to the festival for the first time in 10 years and Stray Kids making their U.S. Lollapalooza debut. Other big name artists booked include Deftones, Tate McRae, Conan Gray, Reneé Rapp, Victoria Monét,…

Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams said at this year’s Game Developers Conference that executives responsible for mass industry layoffs “can all eat shit, I think they’re horrible, and I think they’re bad people.” Speaking to PC Gamer, Adams was wondering what the future of Dwarf Fortress could look like. When considering the kind of decisions that need to be made to keep a studio afloat, he asked himself if he’d have “more empathy for the people that lay people off.” The answer was, decidedly, “No, I don’t fucking…

Audience engagement looks at the number of likes, comments, and shares the video receives. Search value analyzes the video in the context of popular search terms, lauding ones that align with in-demand search topics.Also: Are your TikTok videos suddenly missing music tracks? Here's whyThe new program also automatically rewards creators for their account's ad value based on their community's watch time for advertisements. To help you learn what types of videos will appeal to fellow TikTok users, check out the new…

A judge in the UK High Court has declared that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, marking the end of a years-long debate.“The evidence is overwhelming,” said Justice James Mellor, delivering a surprise ruling at the close of the trial. “First, that Dr. Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin white paper. Second, Dr. Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in the period 2008 to 2011. Third, Dr. Wright is not the person…

Following the monumental box office success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which amassed over a billion dollars, Illumination Entertainment has officially greenlit a sequel. Given the original's remarkable performance, the decision to pursue a second film comes as no surprise. Nintendo's visionary, Shigeru Miyamoto, confirmed the news and shared light details on the follow-up to last year's record-breaking video game adaptation. According to a social media post, development for the upcoming video game adaptation is…

The stealthy demo for Dragon’s Dogma 2 that we saw coming from a mile away is now out… and it’s a character creator. This is not what most wanted, but I’d recommend you not to fret too much, as Dragon’s Dogma 2‘s character creator — as well as the game itself — seems to be set to become an all-timer. Games with in-depth character creator modes aren’t that rare a thing nowadays, but not all games feature fanbases filled with incredibly passionate and artful fans, and the Dragon’s Dogma 2 team sure does have that. It’s…

When YouTube star and game legend MatPat speaks to Rolling Stone, he’s 24 hours from one of the biggest changes of his life. For almost a decade, MatPat, whose real name is Matthew Patrick, has been the main host of Game Theorists, a popular YouTube show that eventually expanded into a multi-channel empire. But that all changes on Saturday, March 8, when Patrick will post his last video as a host of Game Theorists, saying goodbye to the past 14 years of his life and hopefully, hello to a future where other creators like…