The Reigning Queen of Pandemic Yoga
A profile of YouTube yogi Adriene Mishler
A profile of YouTube yogi Adriene Mishler
YouTubers Myka and James Stauffer shared every step of their parenting journey. Except the last.
Caitlin Moscatello The Cut Aug 2020 30min Permalink
America’s poet laureate of the dick joke is taking it all in stride.
Sam Schube GQ Jul 2020 20min Permalink
The moderators who keep Google and Youtube free of beheadings and child porn now have PTSD themselves.
Casey Newton The Verge Dec 2019 25min Permalink
What one funny-looking fish taught us about evolution, the internet, and the monsters we create.
Miranda Collinge Esquire UK Jul 2019 25min Permalink
Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube, where he was pulled into a world filled with conspiracy theories, misogyny and racism.
Kevin Roose New York Times Jun 2019 15min Permalink
How proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement.
Mark Bergen Bloomberg Apr 2019 15min Permalink
Children film themselves chewing, whispering and tapping to give their adult audience an ASMR buzz. But at what cost?
Amelia Tait Wired (UK) Feb 2019 25min Permalink
The platform’s entertainment for children is weirder—and more globalized—than adults could have expected.
Alexis C. Madrigal The Atlantic Oct 2018 20min Permalink
Her creepy, surreal YouTube videos have millions of views, but no one knows Poppy’s full story.
Lexi Pandell Wired Jun 2017 20min Permalink
Joanne the Scammer has celebrity fans and a massive YouTube following. Branden Miller barely leaves his Daytona Beach apartment.
Patrick D. McDermott The Fader Aug 2016 15min Permalink
On the history of content moderation and what it means for the future of free speech.
Catherine Buni, Soraya Chemaly The Verge Apr 2016 40min Permalink
Chasing stardom in YouTube’s crowded universe.
Ryan Bradley The Verge Aug 2015 15min Permalink
She was an overnight YouTube success. Then she tried to make a TV show.
Established media companies used to sue YouTube. Now they’re betting on it.
Felix Gillette Businesweek Aug 2014 15min Permalink
Behind the nation’s closed doors, with YouTube.
On YouTube’s shift towards professionally created content.
John Seabrook New Yorker Jan 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of Vova Galchenko, teenage juggling virtuoso and early viral star.
Jason Fagone Play Jun 2008 Permalink
How YouTube went from ubiquitous to profitable; and where it goes next.
Danielle Sacks Fast Company Feb 2011 Permalink