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A deep dive into YouTube’s drama economy.

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Welcome to the Circus

19 moments that defined YouTube drama’s economy, and then destroyed it. By Zoe Haylock

spill Does It Actually Matter Who’s Behind an Anonymous Commentary Channel? The saga of Spill, YouTube’s most divisive corporate-run tea-spiller. By Saritha Ramakrishna
q&a The Receipt-Keeper of YouTube D’Angelo Wallace is the foremost chronicler of online celebrity. Now he is achieving fame in his own right. By Madison Malone Kircher
good one Def Noodles Is Testing the Limits of YouTube Satire What Dennis Feitosa’s controversial channel has taught him about the perils of lost context on the internet. By Jesse David Fox

One Viral Moment: 9 Drama Commentary YouTubers on Their Breakout Videos

Online fame often doesn’t occur until, very suddenly, it does. By Luke Winkie

Watching YouTube Through My Daughter’s Eyes

Anna Oop teaches her about the latest TikTok drama, and me about my child. By Lawrence Burney

Glimpsing Behind the Curtain of YouTube’s Anonymous Tea Channels

The creators behind Sister Spill, Spill Sesh, BeefTube, and Here For The Tea on telling everyone’s business but their own. By Sandra Song

Confessions of a 32-Year-Old Drama Queen

No one is keeping up with Trisha Paytas, YouTube’s most frighteningly entertaining star. By Rebecca Jennings

Addison Rae Asks for ‘Privacy’ Amid Bryce Hall Cheating Rumors

“When and if I want to share, I will make that decision.” By Zoe Haylock

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Tiffany Ferguson Reacts to Her Video That Won Over the Elusive YouTube Algorithm

The drama-commentary YouTuber walks through one of the first hits of her “Internet Analysis” series. By Zoe Haylock

Terms of Service: Your Guide to the Lingo of TeaTube

From Adpocalypse to Tati Westbrook, all the shorthand to make you fluent in YouTube drama. By Daysia Tolentino