Vulture

Glimpsing Behind the Curtain of YouTube’s Anonymous Tea Channels

Here For The Tea, Spill Sesh, Sister Spill, and Beef (formerly BeefTube) on the many challenges and peculiarities facing channels who remain faceless. Illustration: by Carolyn Figel As of November 3, ...
Business Insider

'Tea' and drama YouTubers go after some of the internet's biggest celebrities. It's not as easy as it used to be.

Commentary has existed on YouTube almost as long as the platform has been around. Tea, commentary, and drama channels help shape the narrative about the internet's superstars. But as the designated ...
Vulture

Terms of Service: Your Guide to the Lingo of TeaTube

YouTube drama is messy. On any given day, anything from a breakup to a COVID party, a botched makeup launch, or the unearthing of racist old tweets could get an influencer trending. Sometimes the ...
Business Insider

6 YouTube commentary channel creators explain why spilling tea is harder than it used to be

The news on YouTube is spread by tea, commentary, and drama channels. They lay out the goings on, feuds, and controversies surrounding the platform's top creators. Six creators spoke to Insider about ...
The Atlantic

How Tea Accounts Are Fueling Influencer Feuds

In 2016, James Charles was a high-school student in upstate New York. He was an aspiring makeup artist who’d do his friends’ faces for practice and small amounts of money, and who once tweeted that he ...