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Nick Digiovanni wants to be the #1 culinary content creator on YouTube. And his channel is in fact one of the biggest: It has over 22 million subscribers, brings north of 400 million views a month, and its library includes collaborations with dozens of celebrities and fellow creators, including Gordon Ramsay, Ryan Trahan, and the late Lynja.

So why did he choose to launch a new channel?

Last Friday, Nick’s Kitchen popped up on YouTube with a 10-minute video showing viewers how to make the perfect mac and cheese. This upload is different from Digiovanni’s usual content; it’s slower-paced and softer-lit, lingering on the moment-by-moment details. It looks more like a Food Network program, with an aproned Digiovanni moving gently around a meticulously decorated kitchen set.

The shift is similar to what we’ve seen from other longtime creators like Rhett & Link, who recently launched their high-production series Wonderhole. The show was a risk,...

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The same five channels that led the U.S. Top 100 in December are still outranking their American competition in January, but they’ve switched up their running order in the chart.

The U.S.-based YouTube channel with the most monthly views hasn’t changed since the end of 2023. The places right behind him, however, have had their occupants shuffled up.

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MrBeast is sitting at the front of the U.S. Top 100 for the second month in a row. Jimmy Donaldson‘s central YouTube hub is not...

The internet’s favorite cooking grandma, Lynja, has passed away at 67.

A throat cancer survivor whose battle with the disease left her with a distinctive voice she likened to Marge Simpson’s, Lynja (aka Lynn Yamada Davis) was an MIT alum and civil engineer who originally started posting videos in 2020 so her son Tim Davis could improve his videography skills during Covid quarantines. Their eccentric, energetic, and often meme-filled clips ended up netting Lynja nearly 40 million followers across YouTube and TikTok.

She passed away Jan. 1 of esophageal cancer.

“I’m super sad to inform you that unfortunately, Linda, my mom, has passed away,” Tim said in a video posted to the CookingWithLynja TikTok. “Her final moments were super peaceful, and thankfully she was surrounded by the people she loved most—her friends and family.”

@cookingwithlynjaYou’re the best mom I could have ever asked for but an even better friend.

The 2023 Streamy Awards take place on Sunday, August 27 at the Fairmont Century Plaza but, as always, you can watch the ceremony from the comfort of your couch. Internet sensation MatPat hosts the 13th annual event, and he promises to “put [his] own twist on things this time.”

If you’re wondering how to watch the 2023 Streamy Awards, you’ve come to the right place. On Sunday evening, simply click this link at 6:00 p.m. Pt/9:00 p.m. Et when the ceremony begins. The live show is scheduled to run for two hours. This year marks a move to summer for the Streamys, which have taken place in December since 2019.

The Streamys, which were first doled out 14 years ago in 2009, honor the best of online content creators and brands across 45 categories, including Creator of the Year, Show of the Year, Streamer of the Year. Other fields range from animation to gaming to science and engineering.

On July 24 the Streamy Awards announced their 13th annual nominations honoring the best achievements by online content creators and brands. Seven-time Streamy winner MatPat will be hosting the annual event, which will be held on Sunday, August 27. Scroll down for this year’s complete list of contenders, led by MrBeast with five nominations.

MatPat said in a statement: “I’ve always been a huge fan of the Streamy Awards as a way to showcase and elevate the incredible talent in the digital video space. Hosting the Streamy Awards is like getting to throw a party for people I admire and whose content I love, and I’m thrilled to emcee an event that means so much in the community. This is going to be a pretty extraordinary night — there will definitely be some special moments that no one has ever seen at the Streamys before — and I’ve been given...

Nominees for the 13th annual Streamy Awards are here.

Once again, three-time Creator of the Year MrBeast is the most-nominated mover and maker. He’s up for five awards: Creator of the Year, Collaboration (for his $100k game of rock paper scissors with The Rock), Creator for Social Good, Creator Product (for Feastables), and the Streamys Brand Award for Brand Engagement (also for Feastables).

To win Creator of the Year for a fourth time, MrBeast will need to beat out a fleet of top YouTubers and TikTokers, including Airrack (last year’s Streamys host), Alix Earle, Charli D’Amelio, Jay Shetty, JiDion, Logan Paul, Mikayla Nogueira, Ryan Trahan, and Zach King.

Other top-nominated creators include Twitch dominator Kai Cenat with four nods, culinary superstar grandma Cooking with Lynja (three), and one of the two people permanently banned from having a Kick account, HasanAbi (three).

This year’s show, airing Aug. 27 at 6 p.

Holiday parties are usually a mix of people and purposes but hosts this year are intent on cross-pollinating the stars of film with those of Hollywood’s exo planets – YouTube and TikTok. So will Robert DeNiro enjoy trading secrets this year with PewDiePie? What will Leonardo Di Caprio confide to MrBeast or Liza Kushy or Bryan Lourd to FaZe Apex?

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Most Hollywood stars likely have never heard of Brian Awardis, but the 26 year old with 22 million YouTube followers drew lines around the block this week at FaZe Clan’s sanctum sanctorum.

The credentials of these outliers, after all, are formidable. MrBeast — with 117 million followers — and...

That’s a wrap on the 12th annual Streamy Awards, which presented nearly 50 awards and honors to 2022’s top creators.

After going virtual in 2020 and 2021, the Streamys (produced by Tubefilter and dick clark productions) returned to Irl this year, and to its home turf: the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

2022’s awards were party rocked by master of ceremonies Airrack, who just so happened to walk away with two nods of his own: top First Person creator as well as a Creator Honor, which we’ll talk more about below. The show was also streamed exclusively from Airrack’s YouTube channel—a first for the Streamys, which normally broadcasts from its own channel.

.@airrack is taking home the for First Person! Congrats!

Are you watching the #streamys? → https://t.co/sbNDGgKYQ8 pic.twitter.com/A848zkaB2l

— Streamy Awards (@streamys) December 5, 2022

Dozens of familiar faces joined Airrack onstage throughout the two-hour show,...

The 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards returned to an in-person format this year and some of the biggest digital creators came together at The Beverly Hilton. Airrack was the “Master of Ceremonies” and the show was live streaming on his YouTube channel.

Creator guests included Bretman Rock, Cooking with Lynja, Kallmekris, Michelle Khare, the cheeky boyos, as well as his best friends Tyler, Mack, and Beans. RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Bob The Drag Queen served as the show’s live announcer.

Presenters throughout the show included Alexa Rivera, Avani Gregg, Brad Mondo, Brandon Rogers, Brent Rivera, Charli D’Amelio, Colin & Samir, Dhar Mann, Enola Bedard, HasanAbi, Howieazy, Ian Boggs, Jarvis Johnson, Jay Shetty, Leo González, MissDarcei, Pierson Wodzynski, Quackity, RDCWorld, Rhett & Link, SeanDoesMagic, Sheena Melwani & The Real Indian Dad, and Thee BlackBadger.

The night also included a performance by multi-platinum hip-hop phenomenon Yung Gravy who performed his smash hit “Betty (Get Money)” against...

Social influencers are eating up an increasing slice of the food media industry, and a brand new event will give those creators a chance to connect with their fans Irl. In 2023, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival (Sobewff) will include FoodieCon, a one-day event that will be headlined by Nick Digiovanni, Lynja, The Pasta Queen, and other digital-famous chefs.

Sobewff is a festival put on by the Food Network, which gathers some of its top personalities in the Miami area. For the 2023 expansion of the annual event, Food Network is teaming up with Digital Brand Architects (Dba), the UTA-owned talent management firm that works with some of the biggest names on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. According to an email from Dba, confirmed FoodieCon attendees include Everything Delish, Jeremy Scheck, Black Forager, Jessica Woo, Salt Hank, Nick Di Giovanni, Owen Han, Wishbone Kitchen, Golden Balance, Robert Lucas, Succulent Bite, The Pasta Queen,...

Party Shirt has new representation, no cap.

The DJ duo, which consists of former USC classmates Xavier di Petta and Nick Iavarone, has signed with talent agency WME. Through the deal, Party Shirt will continue to expand its profile both on TikTok and in the music industry.

Like so many vertical video stars, di Petta and Iavarone shifted their focus to short-form content when the pandemic hit. Since then, Party Shirt has collected more than 20 million followers and generated nearly 750 million likes on TikTok. In the twosome’s most popular bit, di Petta and Iavarone try out viral hacks to see if they really work. Their ‘Fact or Cap’ verdicts have enjoyed 740,000 likes to date.

@partyshirt Lemon + Highlighter Hack? via @Sofia Pilatti ♬ Love That – Party Shirt

Party Shirt’s remixes often serve as the soundtrack for their TikToks. Thanks to their viral success, di Petta and Iavarone have been able to advance their DJ careers.