GAMING [LATEST] July 2026
THE GAMING ISSUE
Gaming is the biggest category on YouTube and the least criticised. We sent in the critics — and asked who really owns a Let's Play.
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Gaming is the biggest category on YouTube and the least criticised. We sent in the critics — and asked who really owns a Let's Play.
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What happened to cooking on camera when the algorithm got hungry — and who is still cooking anyway.
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Why YouTube comedy stopped being funny — and where it quietly got funny again.
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YouTube exists in languages other than English. Here are the channels you missed.
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The most interesting things happen at the borders.
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When creators step into the arena and the algorithm picks sides.
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The channels that make you hear YouTube differently.
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The weird, wonderful corners of YouTube nobody talks about.
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Looking back at the golden age of YouTube.
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When personality is the product.
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The creators who survived the algorithm era.
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The channels your algorithm will never find.
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When production value becomes the entire point.
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The channels that see what nobody else does.
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We broke the algorithm down so you don't have to.
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The 50 greatest YouTube channels. Your algorithm hates us for this.
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