the mainstream
noun
: the thoughts, beliefs, and choices that are accepted by the largest number of people
His ideas are well outside the mainstream of political opinion.
the religious mainstream
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Yes, the YouTube to Hollywood pipeline is real Parsons and Barker, 26, are part of a wave of YouTubers making the leap to the mainstream by bringing their enormous online fanbases along with them.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 June 2026
Social media and the mainstream news went ballistic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Subcultures sit upstream, and the mainstream follows.
—Stephanie Hind, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
The group has been the forefront of the blurred line between online creators and TV production, with KSI moving into the mainstream as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent and their 2024 doc The Sidemen Show topping the Netflix chart in the UK.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 May 2026
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 June 2026
Social media and the mainstream news went ballistic.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Subcultures sit upstream, and the mainstream follows.
—Stephanie Hind, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
The group has been the forefront of the blurred line between online creators and TV production, with KSI moving into the mainstream as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent and their 2024 doc The Sidemen Show topping the Netflix chart in the UK.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 May 2026
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“The mainstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20mainstream. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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