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THIS WEEK ● IDOL FAN ECONOMIES ● GAME CHARACTERS WE LOVE ● AI COMPANIONS + BIG FEELINGS ● PENNYWISE ROOMMATE STORIES ● K-POP MESSAGE APPS ● DREAMS AS STORIES ●  THIS WEEK ● IDOL FAN ECONOMIES ● GAME CHARACTERS WE LOVE ● AI COMPANIONS + BIG FEELINGS ● PENNYWISE ROOMMATE STORIES ● K-POP MESSAGE APPS ● DREAMS AS STORIES ●  

Spotlight and microphone motif for Swiftie record sales
📌 PINNEDIDOLSSEP 2026

Swifties just powered record album sales — the data

Luminate numbers show loyalty moving units. 20 years of Swift, a dictionary entry, a wedding-day dispatch.

USA Today ↗Full story →
Heart-circuit motif for the Character.AI settlement
AIJAN 2026

Character.AI and Google settle the teen-safety suits

Four states, landmark terms, under-18s phased off open chat.

CNN ↗Story →
Heart-circuit motif for AI VTuber Neuro-sama
AI × CREATORSJAN 2026

An AI is Twitch's most-subscribed channel

Neuro-sama's 296k subs top Twitch. The Swarm shows up.

Dot Esports ↗Story →
Still from my Living with Pennywise video
CHARACTERSAUG 2026

Welcome to Derry gets season 2

HBO renews the IT prequel; Pennywise expands.

People ↗Story →
Spotlight and microphone motif for idol closeness
IDOLSSEP 2026

The idol economy: when closeness is the product

Paid message apps and what closeness-for-sale feels like.

KpopWave ↗Story →
Still from Kai Cenat's own I Quit video
CREATORSJUL 2026

Kai Cenat ends 9 months quiet with 1M watching

Streamer University reveal + the 'I Quit' pivot before it.

Tubefilter ↗Story →
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CHARACTERSSEP 2026

Characters we keep: why fiction sticks

Shipping, kinning, comfort watches — how fictional bonds work.

Helpful Prof ↗Story →
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UNIVERSESSEP 2026

The research shelf: two places to go deeper

Stever's 2026 book for scholars, the APA trends report for everyone.

Stever ↗Story →

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