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VidCon 2024 is just six months away — and the annual internet culture convention is revealing the names of 60 creators set to descend on Anaheim, California.

Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal Tuesday that authors (and VidCon co-founders) John and Hank Green, Polynesian-American singer Dinah Jane, YouTube comedian Brandon Rogers, Game Theorists’ MatPat, and Latine TikTok staple Leo González are among the first creators announced for the annual festivities.

Among the other creators set to make appearances at the convention (scheduled for June 26-29) are The Circle‘s Raven Sutton, TikToker Rod Thill,...

Tickets are officially on sale for VidCon 2023.

This coming event will be VidCon’s 12th annual gathering, and its second year back in Anaheim, Calif. after Covid sent it virtual for 2020 and 2021. VidCon says its 2022 convention drew more than 50,000 Irl attendees, plus 650,000 unique livestream viewers from 150 countries.

The 2023 con will, as usual, be a four-day event (June 21-24) with dozens of panels, keynotes, meet-and-greets, and other programming spread across tracks for creators, industry professionals, and fans.

Four-day tickets are 99 for fan/community attendees, 145 for creators, and 649 for industry professionals. There are also single-day community tickets available for 49.

VidCon has also announced the first fleet of featured creators for 2023’s event: Alyson Stoner, Anthony Padilla, Claudipia, DangMattSmith, Drew Afualo, GeorgeNotFound, The Try Guys‘ Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld, Michelle Khare, Nihachu, Ranboo, Rebecca Parham of Let Me Explain Studios, SeanDoesMagic, and Spencewuah.

More batches of featured creators will be revealed over the next few months,...

In 2015, Eric Artell started hosting improv classes for Vine stars. By teaching those creators the principles of comedy, Artell helped them sharpen the humor in their videos.

Seven years later, Vine is gone, but Artell is still finding ways to teach creators to say "yes, and." For nearly six years, the actor has served as the Director of Creator Development for Collab, the L.A.-based network known for working with top social media stars like King Bach and Dang Matt Smith. One of his duties in that role is something he calls the "content brainstorm." Working alongside Collab's content team, Artell helps the network's creative partners come up with new ideas and find inspiration.

So far, Collab has run over 120 of these Labs. The meetings vary in their scope and goals. Some creators come prepared with specific ideas they'd like to flesh out, while others require more direct guidance...

VidCon, a global meeting place of online video and digital creators, announced Tuesday its annual U.S. event will return live to the Anaheim Convention Center Oct. 21–24, 2021, one of the first fan/trade events to announce an in-person show.

Tickets go on sale this summer, with digital options also available to experience the event on demand. The announcement follows the launch of virtual VidCon Now, a new iteration of the ten-year-old event with programming that has attracted 1.2 million unique attendees since it began last summer as a year-round virtual experience. The virtual access complements the live show’s roster of international events in Mexico City, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, São Paulo, Australia, and London.

VidCon also announced its first slate of Featured Creators from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Roblox and other platforms confirmed to attend the event at the Anaheim Convention Center. They include: Spencer X, Antonio Garza, Brent Rivera, Molly Burke,...

VidCon Now, the year-round, virtual iteration of the annual online video conference forged in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, is getting festive for the holidays.

Accordingly, VidCon Now is hosting virtual meet-and-greets with 12 top creators in the lead-up to Christmas -- from Dec. 7 to 18, to be exact. 

Participants include: U.K. TikTok collective The Wave House, reaction creator DangMattSmith (12 million subscribers), gamer LaurenzSide, family vloggers The Unicorn Family, skin care guru Hyram, TikTok dancer Michael Le, comedic vlogger Sadie Crowell, animators Alan Becker (13 million subscribers) and Maaz (TheAmaazing), lifestyle stars Teala Dunn and Gabi DeMartino, and vlogger/singer Alex 'Blesiv' Guzman.

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Leading athletics brand Nike is sponsoring an activation at Viacom-owned VidCon for the first time next month.

Nike will host the so-called Nike Sport Court -- a designated space at the convention that will welcome A-list content creators and athletes, including Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, skateboarder Dashawn Jordan (pictured above), and NBA Mvp Giannis Antetokounmpo. The activation will also see Nike coaches, elite athletes, and digital stars leading activities, games, and drills for different sports, including skateboarding (Thursday), soccer (Friday), and basketball (Saturday).

Attendees will be able to team with their athletic heroes and favorite creators on the above. Jordan will be joined by Guava Juice and Sam & Colby, for instance, while the basketball session on Saturday -- led by Antetokounmpo -- will also feature participation from Dang Matt Smith and David Dobrik. Finally, on Saturday afternoon, digital creators will compete in a celebrity basketball match.

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A new short-form video app dubbed Firework has emerged from beta today, which is backed the same venture capital firms who funded Snapchat and Musical.ly, and which claims to have surpassed 1 million users during its beta run at a faster rate than any other social media app -- within just five months.

Firework, which is being developed by California-based parent company Loop Now Technologies, hosts user-generated content as well as videos from premium publishing partners and native creators -- including Refinery29, NBCUniversal, Frankie Grande, and early Vine star Marlon Webb. Other creators on the platform include YouTube comedian Dang Matt Smith and model-influencer Olivia Jordan.

The app, which is available on both iOS and Android, aims to connect creators and audiences with 30-second videos. And the platform, whose top execs include Snapchat and LinkedIn alumni, also features numerous patent-pending editing tools -- and it is adding to that arsenal as it emerges from beta.