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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.

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Character.AI and Google settle the teen-safety suits

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

AI × CREATORS

An AI is Twitch's most-subscribed channel

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

CHARACTERS

Welcome to Derry gets season 2

HBO renews the IT prequel; Pennywise expands.

IDOLS

The idol economy: when closeness is the product

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

CREATORS

Kai Cenat ends 9 months quiet with 1M watching

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

CHARACTERS

Characters we keep: why fiction sticks

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

UNIVERSES

The research shelf: two places to go deeper

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

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