ESSAY [LATEST] November 2026
THE ESSAY ISSUE
YouTube invented one literary form of its own: the video essay. We grade the canon — the monarchs, the economics, and the 89 held at the door.
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COMPETITION October 2026
THE COMPETITION ISSUE
The esports leagues froze. The couch, the chessboard, and a streamer's boxing ring did not. Who actually owns competition on YouTube?
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HISTORY September 2026
THE HISTORY ISSUE
YouTube quietly became the biggest history classroom ever built — and nobody checks the syllabus. We sent in the graders.
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AI August 2026
THE MACHINE ISSUE
The machines are uploading. Who checks their work — and what does an AI-assisted magazine owe you when it reviews the slop wave?
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GAMING 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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FOOD June 2026
THE FOOD ISSUE
What happened to cooking on camera when the algorithm got hungry — and who is still cooking anyway.
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COMEDY May 2026
THE COMEDY ISSUE
Why YouTube comedy stopped being funny — and where it quietly got funny again.
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GLOBAL April 2026
THE GLOBAL ISSUE
YouTube exists in languages other than English. Here are the channels you missed.
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COLLISIONS March 2026
THE COLLISIONS ISSUE
The most interesting things happen at the borders.
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POLITICS March 2026
THE POLITICS ISSUE
When creators step into the arena and the algorithm picks sides.
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MUSIC April 2026
THE MUSIC ISSUE
The channels that make you hear YouTube differently.
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NICHE March 2026
THE NICHE ISSUE
The weird, wonderful corners of YouTube nobody talks about.
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NOSTALGIA February 2026
THE NOSTALGIA ISSUE
Looking back at the golden age of YouTube.
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VOICE January 2026
THE VOICE ISSUE
When personality is the product.
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LONGEVITY December 2025
THE LONGEVITY ISSUE
The creators who survived the algorithm era.
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UNDERGROUND November 2025
THE UNDERGROUND ISSUE
The channels your algorithm will never find.
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SPECTACLE October 2025
THE SPECTACLE ISSUE
When production value becomes the entire point.
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VISION September 2025
THE VISION ISSUE
The channels that see what nobody else does.
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INVESTIGATION August 2025
THE ALGORITHM ISSUE
We broke the algorithm down so you don't have to.
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PREMIERE ISSUE July 2025
THE PREMIERE ISSUE
The 50 greatest YouTube channels. Your algorithm hates us for this.
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