Riding the rails with YouTube’s hobo vloggers
Critics say their content is dangerous and irresponsible, but these influencers can’t get enough of the train-hopping life.
YouTube lawyers are getting famous covering the Johnny Depp–Amber Heard trial
The legal commentators say they’re having fun — and making a tidy profit.
Meet the TikTokers obsessed with Harry Styles’ ‘secret’ love life
Fans known as Larries are convinced he’s in a same-sex relationship with One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson.
Pro-choice pastors are using TikTok to preach to the masses
Male progressive Christian leaders are speaking out — and trying to change minds — about the Supreme Court’s likely decision to overturn abortion rights.
Ahoy! Meet the boatfluencer moms raising kids on the high seas
Despite major challenges, YouTube vloggers are taking their young children along on their oceanic adventures.
Squishmallows are adorable, but their online fandom has a dark side
Vigilantes are doxxing and bullying resellers. “People are going feral,” says one collector.
Meet the TikTok ‘rave moms’ changing the male-dominated EDM scene
Women on the platform are advocating for a safer and more inclusive space for festival-goers.
Meet TikTok’s cannamoms, mothers who proudly smoke weed
“We use cannabis, and we are productive as f*ck,” says one.
Twitch streamers are struggling with 'trauma dumping'
Viewers are derailing chats with their personal problems, and streamers feel ill-equipped to deal with their issues.
Meet the goonettes, women with staggering online porn habits
Hours-long masturbation sessions are the norm. “I love going brain numb to porn,” says one scenester.
Need your aura cleansed? These TikTokers can help.
Skeptics be damned, Reiki practitioners swear by their form of energy healing.
How TikTok heartthrob William White’s thirsty fandom turned toxic
Feuding among White’s middle-aged women fans is getting ugly. Meanwhile, the influencer is raking in the cash.
Meet the influencer dentists trying to save TikTokers’ teeth
TikTok is rife with terrible tooth-care trends and advice. Professionals are seeing the disastrous IRL consequences.
‘The Sims’ machinima is a dying art form. Why do these creators still do it?
The heyday of the animated mini-movies is long over, but some YouTubers just can’t quit making them.
Inside the high-drama world of prison wife TikTok
“There’s a lot of romance in this,” says one influencer married to an incarcerated man, “but there’s also a lot of hardship.”
How one group is remaking sign language for the VR age
Helping Hands is forging connections between D/deaf and hearing people on the VRChat platform.
Inside the volunteer 'police department' arresting people in VR
Thousands are roleplaying as cops on the VRChat platform, engaging in a mix of right (saving hostages) and wrong (planting drugs on civilians).
Is the Actualized.org forum leading followers down a deadly path?
Ex-members are sounding the alarm about the site, led by self-help YouTuber Leo Gura. At least three adherents allegedly have died by suicide.
Middle East streamers are reeling after Twitch blocks their payments
The platform cites “certain tax information” discrepancies for the payout freeze. Arabic gamers feel betrayed and frightened.
The British are coming! How U.K. drill music is taking over TikTok.
Americans invented drill, but the Brits have evolved the hip-hop genre — and are attracting huge audiences on social media.
