ICYMI | TikTok May Win Battles, But YouTube Will Win the War

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Yahoo senior entertainment reporter Kelsey Weekman, who is fresh off the plane from this year’s VidCon. Unlike past years, when TikTokkers took over the Anaheim Convention Center, VidCon 2025 put YouTubers front and center, inducting the first creators into the VidCon Hall of Fame. With platforms like MySpace and Vine coming and going, how has YouTube stuck around? Why can’t TikTok dethrone it? And who on earth is “jmancurly”??? This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On WhatsApp, your personal messages stay private, between you and whoever you sent them to.
0:05.8	So, things like your passport number for your honeymoon stay between you and your fiancé.
0:10.3	And those hour-long calls with mum stay between the two of you.
0:13.9	Even your streaming service password stays between you and your flatmates, who still ask for it every week in your group chat.
0:21.0	Because on WhatsApp, your personal messages are yours.
0:24.8	No one else can see or hear them.
0:27.0	Not even us.
0:28.1	WhatsApp.
0:28.8	Message privately.
0:31.9	Adobe Express is the quick and easy create-anything app.
0:35.7	It's a game changer for my business, my go-to for creating content.
0:39.3	From social posts to images, videos, flyers, whatever I need to stand out.
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0:53.3	Search for Adobe Express to find out more and get started today. And the best bit, it's free.
0:57.8	Search for Adobe Express to find out more and get started today. Hey, I'm Candace Lim.
1:15.0	And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
1:18.4	In case you missed it.
1:20.2	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
1:22.4	And Candace, do you ever have one of those moments where you're browsing through Twitter,
1:26.9	or if you're me, you'll lead to Twitter, so TikTok?
1:29.7	And you really randomly see a video from someone you truly haven't thought about in like 10 years.
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