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The Brazilian YouTuber Felca released an exposé about several accounts that were allegedly exploiting and sexualizing minors — calling it “adultização,” or “adultization,” which has led to multiple arrests and an interesting distribution of attention for Felca across his various social profiles. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">iOS APPS</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/57de7ded-4029-4941-a15a-f895ab406cc3/chrt1.png?t=1757015313" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;box-sizing:border-box;border-color:#E5E7EB;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: ChatGPT</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: Threads</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: Tea</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: Google</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: TikTok</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>2.4M downloads in US</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>2.4M downloads</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.7M downloads</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.6M downloads</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.2M downloads</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> August’s top apps was a real confusing place. The top line here is that ChatGPT is consistently the biggest app in the country, which makes sense, seeing as how it’s slowly replacing the functionality of all other apps. But number two in August was Threads, which seems to indicate that people are still using it. And number three was Tea, the dating and rating app for women, despite its massive security issues and leaks. Which is, uh, definitely concerning. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">YOUTUBE</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/08f70748-b4a7-42a5-93b7-e4ea4bec5f44/chrt3.png?t=1757019539" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: MrBeast</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: Alejo Igoa</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: FACTO BAZZ 2.0</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: KIMPRO</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: Topper Guild</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>16.2M new subscribers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>7M subscribers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>4.2M subscribers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>3.9M subscribers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>3.7M subscribers</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Felca, the Brazilian YouTuber who unearthed the “adultization” scandal, didn’t make the top five, but landed at number nine, which is still impressive for reach for basically one big video. The top five, instead, this month was a mix of MrBeast and a bunch of regional variants of MrBeast and the usual Shorts slop. AI-based channels seem to be doing slightly worse, though, which is nice to see! </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="all-the-big-platforms" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">All The Big Platforms</h2></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(249, 250, 251);">TIKTOK</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/cae9d8b3-0ed6-455a-ab7e-db18a8c8fc84/tawk.png?t=1757080662" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe2TFYOxsfx40TQdSt8WevKzlAsb4rvIbuK4PX3kFFI6jz83qv5rI1nxSFfyoImJjES8wUkK4kP7qD_wr8wOA0Q9x0S5wWefJ1Va26pcfQXqYTl0Fyo7TWVwjogqCz6zHCwQk8kcKzTNzg_6rDaKeDG8OsyUWIHCh5eqAOi5TB7KgQbRsmeU6DAANZf98cm7el0kYjS5UQ2vuJyuJOVi212Ni2Lb0i3pb_EK95RO-RpPI7CtmVoMAA9FpFt4bW9b9w/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h5/h001.Y67UhuS04s9aOyIL61kIPUHJXgVAAYPFtAIPzRiHdQs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>@luckystarfei</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe6EfISO-fEUHRPh3zeCy4MufwAvQ09hWu4CK8QgwH02I5B0r-erxgIHQCNqD8-oCLyu-PJ2YF9uQ36ytBa0Mv76K8MzrJqPQlr5j6bgbpWA0GGRjtUj5jvs8QVolfyhIa4iCAu2aANbg_L0ynbFS32LI5NyajWxxg8-ldMqy4ZZJ2z3N_FjI2Ezy-67zih8lSjgoXrXpEH7IFoO9zRVYpkf85UUWpqRqV3qGnXHoMDBHUP95WFL41LNiLiy0qDDBg/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h6/h001.jXJ3hqaOWmSHqo_ZxrhdS6Z8NTXu7LCuAhw4JGQm6Fs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>@norage_ae</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpcLivjWRSwaHzyXKN5xAMAwpYMkvJjuhXnXBnLvYwAWeXbFRKGZA-WQ8L7UPhkEGSVijEbRFxR3mQBBoW0ZPd8SVjzkgO5HYx-k5ZqrMnAxzwtMGh18mUw4Hio5AvBFyOZhGZji8UMyzxGs34Mtczszw0-W1_vOdostSToAgUw1zAMszTl4MFKMujCGD2rfr-Vj-iJO_fZ6Or-gjaWgC-k9FyXiO9jsjGWnppwlgWduWuCQ_fco1q-JeruvEbmpgYQ/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h7/h001.n3xvij3JJRn9iP0bUYiFptVQzbtYwgz-CAmeb3_4E-Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>@benio0829</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpaC7QG_Q7ik8s1hhiwPgWbsmEDjuFEAO3HoQpuOvIwThkzDe1L6_Us57oIS0-VWgRocV1JSZXBSFDEu71Pf92eIyzBE6IX3KJjKTm8EPpFByGMKn3eFdTJNqgJNVQMsTE6EYVwb_K-GBETkjjEMH07QcN8AWwxRh5pQ49PreQMLspTVT8LyR10g25reQeahrcqrvqICxpi0ezFgnaqUhEQJH7wLI0zDcK9J9QBjwcXI0_I3Iq1k1Btmqb2br5-wLmgQTeUGNW1a3uLeKBu1Ysu0/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h8/h001.5YHpNZrX5cV_E62Zw13ZFOOmS86B6uSraJCaxJWXEjQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>@davidelleonardi</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpbrTRH3EbsLaqiMUj2SHOtKlOyqgBdzoxPfLbyTHkpk8nRsMhqxVj89chFP_AARTRKNeZtN46YPQ6-sXZQ3_2KCZHhlbo15luPWPtoLG1BnIpYcTmD5tDjjvNXOE08kWwAhURmQfNbszzCifCaJk6TXtsL3F8ugQRavKv70DcGU7W9NWmWP1gZmE5z0YfR4MLzCNyXaTiixG2UyxWkuC1yWhu4l3W90rGPnD_JmrM0UIUs2XGIytkKbdqL7W4pYpRg/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h9/h001.YDbwH6smYJ5thU5ilJT4_OC_u0pZ8WEc2ca95LYKi78" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>@hfguise</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>26.3M likes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>18.8M likes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>18.6M likes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>17.9M likes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>16M likes</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The third biggest TikTok this month was a back to school video, which is definitely causing a big surge on the platform at the moment. We’ve been wondering all year where TikTok went, culturally speaking. The app felt particularly dead this summer. So maybe American kids back in school might be the kick in the butt it needs to start generating conversation again. Which is, of course, not great for kids actually paying attention in class. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">TWITCH</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/ea630f08-1de8-4e3e-83f2-e45a54b429e5/strikers.png?t=1757080658" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: supernovaboxing</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: Alanalarana</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: Buster</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: TimTheTatman</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: Kai Cenat</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>749k peak viewers </b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>282k viewers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>218k viewers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>207k viewers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>195k viewers</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Twitch numbers are inevitably down after July’s Spanish boxing tournament, but the top two streams this month were both from a Mexican boxing tournament, called “Supernova Strikers”. Meanwhile, fifth place went to Kai Cenat announcing the date for his own signature collaborative event, Mafiathon. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(249, 250, 251);">REDDIT</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/dabd1020-f97e-468c-8fff-2d901532a63e/mms.png?t=1757080654" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr53VvMUEJxkW2-4DF9qNLdWr72X87Q4WBSulelqd0ZtGITUq4go-BH3QLAR83q6iqO56YEWMwBwQdq1yfBHPIr7Skk4Xjo6J2UF7W7KjE-13nS_k-0UYKA9-3bdC_56XCOgWGaRIBUzz-bPWWaMq9tgtiRVKGT3Ez0-13fJQt9wK-9_YNqlXM4tejRYOFJUQPnjIAsaxh5j_Km_Kzcrdc7rrNhQky8jaIg0nHsyY9yW9Ij6NSJR6zye5pDsK6iN0kukede0m9Q_sCiTPgg2ENMzzGrIDrAuaPvjnjCpDbgNcdQ/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h10/h001.JiCe9brwqc3G1GUiozfAb4mk4LzqC2nu64Wo6_I5O7E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>r/MadeMeSmile</b></span></a></span><span style=""><b>, John Cena</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr52JbrXu5kemHNCD0i6lrC0yQfGwYLK7LVdbIZLw9KBeyM28ab_MyZa-koGZoZ65WQjtjB6WQbdvrou_Uu9lPwO6OPMrtYE6I1me-sENQQqzyi8evAMyQcQVNnOClaD5D2gseGYtL9KQ4412h8u_UiXGeeLz0npbltWXcG2Wd2JyXFtMXVO6FyIvBOVKFQqzF4rdNJuPVjZJzSDmCCDigz0cgHeUuI_a4nhDQ8als_OP2SUKhZavV98LvBMsr8mPvwETiRnYY2JkUk_iwoRNppIm/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h11/h001.WN-deMN-XEl9tO8S_Ib0-bKb-KH5W5ma9fP8F4OMZqc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>r/alaska</b></span></a></span><span style=""><b>, protest</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr53_8Er64q0d-VjDyZ3eWGqDZzZNwlxODVnjyiaTTWei5SbhWgurNutn0y1tj341FbxVpTB3r6IrNfCAFlPExDXFk4PrTB228pFNFq-Y0vNJ59hIRj2OwlnE-r7jHbC_DWFuc2zLq_9EV94vQ7kq3Uzo3hbYL06K3e0gR0OtObX5hInzE4UVxDqspsFZ0y6RqiqspltvSyYjuHgr49ci7WPeoxNXb_oeeNo7ZTYge3A-oLnls7QyDzjkmBew5ERbfZw8vk0TDBcCr9LlEbKUyf_B_ZDv7VhnYTNhbdBWps41PA/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h12/h001.ERhd7QnllrO65zODcxW3JPWjQ-m6-LfQ7NDnEVNlTD8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>r/JustGuysBeingDudes</b></span></a></span><span style=""><b>, Taco Bell</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr53VvMUEJxkW2-4DF9qNLdWrEJ0DeiSv0rmqCRSOxdmDX4D7j0IdqduzXWLxiZajpyw-JIRT219gu4P6NIDlkQFFBiqN2dObqrzgI8BpYRSlCGVVCb3KrJwNJ0OI43MPgONd9PCOdLg-bx_7ns1aqw_FNI4rh8ttIMf6RMwhGI8hoXgWAOTXQzK0MGFHYLj3DTf6fXy2sV_fTSEe61yb0XGYyogjQdluemgwBvaYzMNNJrjuwQGczYqdIlnt_Vvkn5CQq_rv4MmeOVVAz97oVIoar_NXp0nmhuVvpVaAHVABag/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h13/h001.tcyDw0dwfrKo5GxXK5s2ak5q8QTjewOGSRhUcQXp_ms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>r/MadeMeSmile</b></span></a></span><span style=""><b>, Gary Sinise</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr50BRAo0xSgLlwcn8Kp2APdU1ZrjtwmSHCtejRWZ7GHee7E2aexhU0qO7cD4NjGHJf5mbJVhZvBIyE2NjpW9T5IYB01scz4N96WdbLvw8Rn91R538GCoFL3hxbzAi6t_u-ecVWNPZ24fnekFgk6eoZu4p32PSDTwMga8_mMhGbzWQEaVF6jJYvbL-r7opZYPIdK5WxNhF6Ogup6ZMvgyUSui5LUXZzozdHGToOQQYfIO4JPBzsf9aaI1sMDlSmrElg4PtJVq3Tt3WLp8Dt3pUBoB2iQSDrdh6XB74_k-BPhTjw/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h14/h001.OLU4hUDRSBSkv3Y3MJZVYu2ZbldRTaWyfzPhyCwknxI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>r/nextfuckinglevel</b></span></a></span><span style=""><b>, eagle</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>166k upvotes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>165k upvotes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>165k upvotes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>162k upvotes</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>161k upvotes</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The most interesting macro story from Reddit this month was John Cena solidifying his place as the internet’s new favorite guy — at least, according to men. Cena has been popular on Reddit for a while, but he’s crushed the press tour for the new season of HBO’s <i>Peacemaker</i> and it’s generating a lot of goodwill on more masculine-leaning platforms like Reddit. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">PATREON</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/b0e71c06-2f5a-4708-ae5f-e7107a9ca0d3/pay.png?t=1757080818" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: Project Helius</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: Chats and Reacts</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: The Basement Yard</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: Danny Motta</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>9.2k new patrons</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>5.3k patrons</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>2k patrons</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.7k patrons</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.5k patrons</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> All five of the biggest Patreons last month have been on our lists before — as usual, #1 is a porn game, in this case called “Operation Lovecraft”, which received a new update exclusively for Patrons in August. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">SPOTIFY</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/f299ad78-8318-4c27-a9d4-ad65c1e45067/Screenshot_2025-09-05_at_11.38.48_AM.png?t=1757086743" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: “Golden” - Huntr/x</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: “back to friends” - sombr</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: “Ordinary” - Alex Warren</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: “Your Idol” - Saja Boys</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: “Soda Pop” - Saja Boys</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>240M streams</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>170M streams</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>145M streams</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>134M streams</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>130M streams</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This month’s top Spotify tracks are almost identical to last month’s. But three days of streams for Sabrina Carpenter’s new album show she might be coming for the <i>KPop Demon Hunters</i>’ crown next month. Carpenter didn’t make it into our top 5 this month, but the fact she’s moving up the charts so quickly is notable. Spotify is a lot less reactive than other platforms, but Carpenter’s new album might be big enough to break it next month. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">BLUESKY</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/6935a066-6348-46bf-a171-ea645943a63d/Screenshot_2025-09-05_at_11.39.24_AM.png?t=1757086779" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: Official Bluesky account</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: @governor.ca.gov</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: @zohrankwamemamdani</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: @gavinnewsom</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: @govpritzker.illinois.gov</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>598k new followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>58k followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>27k followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>25k followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>20k followers</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Bluesky is gaining a bit more steam at the moment thanks to two different accounts for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has instructed his social media team to spam the internet with Trumpian troll posts. We can debate all day about whether or not this is a good use of time or resources, but it does appear to working, at least when it comes to capturing attention online. Which, as we’ve written before, is probably all that really matters these days. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">TELEGRAM</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/0484bff3-c450-4636-bfdb-e3b4ba5d767f/str.png?t=1757081377" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: Strimrs</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: GPTMainNews</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: Kupikodmedia</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: Bezposhady</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: Plays_media</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>889k new followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>512k followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>398k followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>357k followers</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>349k followers</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> After three months, we’re starting to see patterns for the most popular Telegram channels. They’re all niche news aggregators, usually in Russian. In July, one of the most popular channels was called “Streamers”, and aggregated news about porn stars — this month, “Strimrs” covers actual influencers. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">STEAM</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/60dbecd1-55d1-4f1c-850b-f8890efd3faa/peek.png?t=1757086381" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="center" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>Most Played Games</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>CS2</b></i></span><span style=""><b>, 928k average players</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>DOTA 2, </b></i></span><span style=""><b>532k players</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>PUBG</b></i></span><span style=""><b>, 295k players</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>Delta Force</b></i></span><span style=""><b>, 103k players</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>Apex Legends</b></i></span><span style=""><b>, 101k players</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="center" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>Top Selling Games</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>Counter-Strike 2</b></i></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>PUBG</b></i></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>Battlefield 6</b></i></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>Helldivers 2</b></i></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>Peak</b></i></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Our estimations of the top selling games on Steam show that <i>Peak </i>has had surprising resilience for such a small, independent title. Speaking of popular indie games, though, we expect September numbers to look very different thanks to the release of <i>Hollow Knight: Silksong</i> — which, unlike the yet-to-be-released <i>Battlefield 6</i>, didn’t offer preorders. But it did crash Steam upon launch. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="the-facebook-corner" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">The Facebook Corner</h2></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">FACEBOOK PUBLISHERS</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/c9df9646-9460-4627-88b0-69ce1ce55cdf/Screenshot_2025-09-05_at_11.40.10_AM.png?t=1757086821" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: Fox News</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2:</b></span><span style=""><i><b> </b></i></span><span style=""><b>BBC</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>New York Times</b></i></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: CBS News</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: </b></span><span style=""><i><b>Breitbart</b></i></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>7.7M total interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.98M interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.93M interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.8M interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>1.7M interactions</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> News publishers had a real bad month on Facebook in August. It’s also the same basic group of publishers we’ve seen at the top of Facebook all summer. So it’s not totally clear if this is indicative of a larger downward trend around news in general or if this is just what happens when the algorithm promotes the same five news sources to users and they get bored. That said, keep scrolling, because individual news posts are way down too. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=""><tr><td bgcolor="#8cc182" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-color:#8cc182;border-radius:20px;border-style:solid;border-width:5px;padding:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-align:center;"><h1 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:175.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(249, 250, 251);">FACEBOOK NEWS</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/f3e20bf3-e27d-4471-b372-c12dc2fda081/Screenshot_2025-09-05_at_11.40.25_AM.png?t=1757086862" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table role="none" width="100%" class="mob-w-full" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#1: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpcYprOPk0tzi9eUtsgZvKhjA0Pe5dB_PhFsal-T5FhvBpCCBycHdkwkM7L4nEJf3VRwaiwH3kXUWhrl_dKSQS2dMsvdQsAh-oyTbFJTdKP0KyXfMWmIMLc_8NdXFCKznRS7JUMBn5X4Nog-0dOwbJEWUczXPd7B10IkE59l7ksZ_4avNMWrwu4wDTz2itGnD4bQ2CTlMaIWAq8Qw0_AXSEGBOxDh3vh6BX1mxSj4cbbJ02LZYLeS5pvthhlSLXruBeSHohW2OEMupgSYGxNogxFBtky9nN8gRo5khYdj_5Lf/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h15/h001.16tMc8f1wZh1oZO8amKQ4p_WujncwwryMgV_glBLWn8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>NPR on Putin</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#2: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NkGKSBzAudxh9G5I4ey75gYDJzqoU4VU2rm4V1HzvIBG17B8b0sAi3WxqG2qTASeNO5pQQWzKeXUQ0SBcR9zIJcDPEgW7o715n6MYHufjI5sPTkqlsgcX2gOr8p2R-OomXJSeCjsVMylBuFu_qLITlVHx14oLXgb9pod-LD4rxHd0oELL3ImfWSAePZqaZgFSjF3SO_IlT6JtyO6rUJeJ-E8FBCamg9G500Jom2MP3s8jMzdoaWsCaboKdvpu0KD5Gn9mkeBU7dmokfrSiVt8tjTXyk7nC2ZrI7JEgWjLha-tq31IFgmgiDc6YpdKPeG5slo0tiuGazDIJ69FiJs9A/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h16/h001.GQ-rNBxobRpja0nt-a66AGQIz6MYbJXvwNnEpftn7vc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>ABC on SCOTUS</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#3: </b></span><span style=""><i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpULz6OeFfn_AajLgjP7dzAnBJ3JAgYPEu3OAnWDp3WqoptEH-cHdN2UJivK_GkqHydGk-6Qqs8jTSbW64GVoOTnjIsQAOgS-m-hypC2uSOa_uT9b0fyX-mmTxOREq54q2c4-7fl0ao4I-lyk_n7H5fsR9hNonWVqA6XEY2dn6A3Giti6fwMqqgBHdPUng4rBlPi7uU22dAyOeERwoKxZutOUTYFoVwWlHn03Fg2hER98vXBgaUIukQkfwDyS5i57Cc3SPCUnd8ENcbBiYMV3vDTVuMyBKdHFlbZrPo7kwhn8m-rpL7-x_VymlIKvyOdvBtoeiBCmEuh9GENjXLiu3Ls/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h17/h001.KJKIJZihkBVgTREgIsmNB3RNqt5TSXY6zSwGfaV60_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>HuffPo</b></span></a></i></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpULz6OeFfn_AajLgjP7dzAnBJ3JAgYPEu3OAnWDp3WqoptEH-cHdN2UJivK_GkqHydGk-6Qqs8jTSbW64GVoOTnjIsQAOgS-m-hypC2uSOa_uT9b0fyX-mmTxOREq54q2c4-7fl0ao4I-lyk_n7H5fsR9hNonWVqA6XEY2dn6A3Giti6fwMqqgBHdPUng4rBlPi7uU22dAyOeERwoKxZutOUTYFoVwWlHn03Fg2hER98vXBgaUIukQkfwDyS5i57Cc3SPCUnd8ENcbBiYMV3vDRnlPwSA-76xVoKv_UdNagEl9jAH1H-tPVShOE74cAabmh3iz6kqvyjbgkggi3l318/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h18/h001.7HB6HtQYpIOXeaoD0Yr4_uHBEHmZNqtLYjG-1gsLVT0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b> on CEO</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#4: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpSnSefcxzljLw6U6DlOudXzWOuEPtH93sWrJ35ViUrpDa4pM4aNQBPoX6g69reQ3p_tWvmQZJQnJCHAPDukJILcWCNT-cBT1KK4pV3HlzHrF_uUZkRop-iOwuTPq4SvbeZArPV5lvfxN63uREqz2Be-Q4ZRrLr-pmmC5hOi7DeFvmSfZclt8iLcAVuykoi_ULRmXP2KJKJK8H4kTEGdCX7sz6BHomwtm1oHkEMkkDnXZ8rhPmqGp96z0c9idR5DdBD0TpaPJ3MKhzDD280baUaV-QKRfNyjJvvy9wzc-vdZ_YQvKnL0q-VAVPoJFCsmT7g/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h19/h001.PbLwj40uNweDxeytazeB6zlSyQHUSrkb4VRipgLqPTg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>GMA on Dean Cain</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>#5: </b></span><span style=""><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NkGKSBzAudxh9G5I4ey75vMZlu4qoQAPswQbF4OYtm-JH9B2GWMK94ay4sogrkEVr16r5_FsE6WThtGOejuNl9iUxpteU1lI9azxqLYWi0kF282ktmFF50iK3tWdzBh1W2hxbmT74NLhOW_CNlKvV_88FWttlKVhf6Y5lTQzr4wkuFlMsO5BwY22Lb-lJ0Ri2SrOfY-5EBt1EZjYTsNO1-b9zlqNm-iQKF-7zv61o1kKe0nz89RfE8ewp1iInNtUVMqWjyAtLHq-PWroxng4n48rRg2DOpjoUUgrFDujfJk6r3i748DKOcGWGK2Ivy391wNF4-RGnjMqHEbMCRGPKw/4jn/kD7SW8OSRRGJd7mfqtVTbA/h20/h001.H3M3CU0n5a26y-RqtDociL3ntVVd-Tysn3tFXvgre00" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><b>ABC on NFL</b></span></a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="50%" style="vertical-align:top;" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>560k interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>506k interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>416k interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>277k interactions</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style=""><b>224k interactions</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The engagement around Facebook news content is, in aggregate, the worst we’ve seen since we began. This month it was down 70% from last month. It’s possible this is because no one famous died this month. Facebook news, as a concept, is basically just obituaries at this point. So without a big one, there isn’t a ton on there that can really move the needle. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Thanks for reading Garbage Intelligence! If this was forwarded to you, we aren’t mad lol. I hope you liked it and consider signing up for a subscription! </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Looking for custom insights? 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