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Cineverse Social Video Revenue Rises 55% as Channels Expand
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Cineverse announced on November 11, 2026 that revenue from video across YouTube, Facebook and Twitch rose 55% year over year for January through June 2026, as it launched a Spanish-language Dog Whisperer channel and a Yu-Gi-Oh! live stream.
Cineverse described social video as a multi-million-dollar business. June 2026 produced its highest-ever gross social-video revenue for a single month, 82% above the biggest month of 2025. That figure compares individual months, while the 55% increase is a six-month year-over-year comparison.
New Channels Build on Established Properties
The Spanish-language channel, El Encantador del Perros con Cesar Millan, is available on YouTube and Facebook. Cineverse said the separate channel marks the first time Dog Whisperer episodes have been available in Spanish on YouTube. The English-language Dog Whisperer YouTube channel has reached 1 million subscribers and continued to record double-digit year-over-year revenue growth.
The new Yu-Gi-Oh! stream runs on the anime series’ official YouTube channel, where viewers can watch episodes continuously, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Both launches use established entertainment properties to expand Cineverse’s social-video offerings.
Alexandra Viglione, Cineverse’s senior vice president of partnership and business development, connected the commercial results with audience development. “YouTube and other social video have become a strong revenue-driver for our business,” she said, adding that connecting with audiences on YouTube is essential to expanding the reach of the company’s streaming brands.
Cineverse also credited expanded relationships with third-party monetization partners and the YouTube relaunches of Lone Star, focused on westerns, and Midnight Pulp, focused on cult films and strange programming, as additional growth drivers.
That strategy builds on a partnership with VA Media announced on March 20, 2026. VA Media agreed to work with Cineverse on a YouTube-first plan covering longform and shortform content, channel optimization and financial modeling. The initial focus was Dog Whisperer, which Cineverse identified at the time as its leading revenue-generating YouTube channel.
Cineverse reported in the March announcement that the YouTube channels it owned or operated collectively had more than 10 million subscribers and over 200 million video views. Those figures establish the broader footprint within which the Dog Whisperer and Yu-Gi-Oh! initiatives are being introduced.
Companywide Growth Has a Different Driver
The social-video disclosure covers a narrower activity than Cineverse’s overall business. In its fiscal 2027 first-quarter results for the three months ended June 30, 2026, the company reported total revenue of $30.6 million, up from $11.1 million a year earlier. The 175% increase was driven mainly by revenue streams added through technology acquisitions.
Cineverse also reported 4.5 billion minutes streamed during that quarter, up 33% year over year, alongside 122.8 million streaming viewers, up 12%. Those engagement figures cover the company’s broader streaming operations, while the social-video revenue announcement focuses on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch.
Taken together, the disclosures show Cineverse building social-video revenue around established entertainment properties while technology acquisitions drove companywide growth in the June quarter. The key commercial question is whether the new Spanish-language channel, continuous anime stream and relaunched brands can sustain social-video growth as the channel portfolio expands.
