IShowSpeed's Dominican Republic stream hit 1.92 million live viewers this week, which would have set the all-time US YouTube streaming record. He checked with YouTube and found out 1.6 million of them were bots. The actual peak was around 300,000.
Most of the internet is now bots. Speed's case is rare because this kind of fraud almost never goes public.
Imperva is a security company that tracks bot traffic year over year. Their new report puts bots at 53% of all internet traffic in 2025, up from 51% in 2024. Humans got the rest, 47% and shrinking.
His Caribbean tour had been pulling around 60,800 people per stream. This one broadcast jumped to 1.92 million, a 2,270% leap. But the chat barely moved, growing only 30.7%. A million-plus extra "viewers" and almost nobody typing. StreamsCharts noted the viewer line on the graph stayed unusually flat, which is what bot traffic looks like because real people pop in and out while bots just sit there.
Buying fake viewers is cheap. Public services list 100 fake watchers for around $10 per 12-hour stream. One charges $25 a month for 100 viewers and 50 fake accounts that post chat messages to make the room look real. Botting at the scale Speed got hit with costs more, but still pennies next to the sponsorship money that comes with claiming an all-time streaming record.
The same trick is happening everywhere on the internet, just spread out and quiet. Brands buy ads, those ads get "viewed" by bots, and the money disappears. Industry estimates put global ad fraud at $114 billion in 2025, on track for $172 billion by 2028. The Association of National Advertisers, which represents big advertisers like Coca-Cola and P&G, says 22 cents of every dollar spent on digital ads now goes to non-humans.
Influencer marketing has the same problem. A firm called SociaVault checked 100,000 influencer accounts and found 37% had clear signs of fake followers or bot engagement. Brands waste roughly $4.6 billion a year sponsoring influencers whose audiences mostly do not exist. Beauty influencers are the worst, with more than half flagged for fraud.
Speed got dumped on so hard the math broke and somebody noticed. Most of the time the fraud spreads thin across millions of small fake clicks all over the web, draining ad budgets quietly. The internet you spend most of your day on is already mostly machines.
When you make it in life, do not leave your hommies.
You see those two guys following Lamine Yamal, they grew up together.
One is his cousin, Mohamed Abde, and his best friend, Suhayb. They’ve never left his side, and Lamine didn’t abandon them in the hood.
He takes them everywhere, in fact, he has featured them in so many ambassadorial deals. Recently, they even flew with the Barcelona first team, they were present when he signed his contract, they’re literally with him everywhere.
Try carry your real Gs when he sup for you.
Pokemon has been hiding giant artworks across 9 different TCG cards released in different sets
they started this in 2023 with artist HYOGONOSUKE
in 2024, artist Teeziro drew the second set of 9
it's now an annual tradition
the cards below are from Surging Sparks, Twilight Masquerade, Paradox Rift, and Shrouded Fate sets
Crown Zenith is another perfect example of what every Pokemon set should be like. Amazing chase cards that are only a few hundred dollars at max with tons of other cards under the $100 price tag that everyone can slowly collect over time without breaking the bank. On top of that you had amazing pull rates and it usually was always available at the store and not hard to find. You can’t grow the hobby in its current state, we need to get back to having sets like this.
He doesn't club
Doesn't drink
Doesn't smoke
Has a 50 million YouTube subs
Healthy father to son relationship
Respects Elders in public
Learns culture
Has great body physique
Does sport
Met with renowned figures
Has an insane work ethic
He's a good public figure to our kids
This guy is everything streaming should be about. Sharing a new experience every time not sitting in a room with a half naked girl and asking people to send money to you so you can add to your millions!
Seeing James Marsden’s Cyclops finally receive his flowers in his iconic blue & yellow suit, his optic blast in full, glorious display, & in a darker, grander, more operatic scale.
This is the level of respect & treatment the X-MEN desperately needed & we’re finally getting it.
“The way that he was treated in Europe was disgusting” says an American lady about iShowspeed Live streams. The world is finally seeing the Real authentic truth about Africa 🌍
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