Jan 06, 2026 08:50:00A survey result shows that YouTube is being eroded by low-quality AI-generated videos, with 63 billion views and over 221 million subscribers. Meanwhile, South Korea had the highest total number of views for AI slop channels in the top 100 trending charts, reaching 8.45 billion views. This is about 1.6 times the number of views of second-place Pakistan (5.34 billion views) and about 2.5 times the number of views of third-place America (3.39 billion views). Pouty Frenchie (Estimated annual earnings: ¥645,800,000)4th place: Fikra-Ai (Estimated annual revenue: approximately 533.6 million yen)5. Fantastic Beasts (estimated annual revenue: approximately ¥487.74 million)7th place: Cuentos Facinantes [sic] (estimated annual revenue: approximately 416.94 million yen)8. insanespidey (estimated annual earnings: approximately ¥387.53 million)9th place: The Ai World (estimated annual revenue: approximately 376.64 million yen)10.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2026 01:07 UTC