Skool News: Every Episode and New Feature, Summed Up

Skool News is Skool's own YouTube show, and this page lists every Skool News episode with a plain summary of what it covered. Skool's team uses the show to announce new features, share what it is building next and show off groups it likes. Below: the biggest features it announced and when, then all 82 videos, newest first.

The biggest features Skool News announced

In 2025 the show was mostly about new tools inside Skool: video hosting, live streaming, webinars, membership tiers and analytics. In 2026 it turned to growth: traffic sources, a new Discovery, Growth Boost, then languages and payouts in more countries. Each row is the episode where Skool's team first showed the feature, with our written guide to it.

Two big launches from 2026 have no guide of ours yet: reviews (#69), where paying members rate the groups they belong to, and the new Skool Game (#64), an always-on MRR leaderboard. Their lines in the list below say what Skool's team showed.

A video shows a feature on the day it shipped, and some have changed since. For how a feature works today, read our guide or Skool's help centre.

Every Skool News episode

Newest first, grouped by month. Each date is the day the video went up, in US Pacific time. We have summaries for 39 of the 82 videos. For the other 43, the line starts "From the title" and says only what the title says. Money figures in the titles are Skool's own, not our numbers.

September 2026

• #75 Mission: End Creator Burnout (22 Sep 2026): No launches this week. Skool's team talks about its mission, helping people go full-time doing what they love without the "content treadmill", and what it is building next: Growth Boost partnership ads made from your own videos, a view of the ads Skool runs for your group, local payment methods and currencies at checkout, a faster app, steadier live calls, and a global search and calendar across all your groups. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• #74 Growth Boost V2: We're Cooking! (15 Sep 2026): Growth Boost V2 after the reset: ads shaped by members who stay past 90 days, a bid worked out for each group, partnership ads and a test of ads made by owners. Also a new default sort for reviews, 11 languages and fast payouts worldwide. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• Ym Babie: $170,000/month with a Trading Skool (11 Sep 2026): A private Platinum interview that Skool made public. Topics: sending Instagram followers straight to Skool, selling the lifestyle, one ebook for 18 months, trading live every day, and tiers instead of free trials. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #73 Growth Boost Masterclass (8 Sep 2026): A Growth Boost masterclass: campaigns rebuilt, trial conversion now read for each group, a tip to add an annual plan, and the four stages a group moves through. Also reviews in Google, automatic language detection, and Trending moved away from $9 groups. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• Nick Saraev: $280,000/month with an AI Automation Skool (3 Sep 2026): A private Platinum interview that Skool made public. Topics: a bare-bones launch, a 90-day money-back promise, regret about pricing, replying to posts every day, and YouTube sending people straight to Skool. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #72 New Record: $1,000,000/month on Skool (1 Sep 2026): Skool says a group in the trades is the first to reach the record in the title. Also reviews live, captions in members' own languages, fast payouts, Platinum interviews made public, and Growth Boost wins. Our guide: Skool success stories.

August 2026

• #71 Growth Boost Bidding System (25 Aug 2026): The Growth Boost bidding slider, from 30% up to 70%. How Skool judges whether a group is efficient, why existing members keep the % they joined at, and the stages a group moves through. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• #70 Skool Goes Global (18 Aug 2026): Payouts open in India, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Costa Rica. Chinese, Italian and Dutch are added, reviews start rolling out, and currencies are named as next. Our guide: Skool in other languages.
• #69 Reviews Are Here! (11 Aug 2026): Reviews launch. Only paying members can leave one, and Skool asks them on day 31. Each review shows how long the person has paid and appears on their profile. People who are not members see no reviews on About pages until enough are collected. Also French and Portuguese added. Our guide: Skool in other languages.
• #68 Languages Are Here! Spanish + German (4 Aug 2026): Skool's screens in Spanish and German, picked from your browser's language. Emails were still in English. Our guide: Skool in other languages.

July 2026

• #67 Growth Boost is Boosting (28 Jul 2026): Growth Boost wins, what an efficient group looks like (niche, price, conversion, trial, retention), linking your social profiles, and using a direct Skool link in your bio. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• #66 Free Trial + Freemium Improvements (21 Jul 2026): Locking content from trial members, limiting their DMs, an upgrade button for freemium members, and an efficiency score still in progress. Our guide: Skool free trials.
• #65 Trafficmaxxing + Sacred Geometry (14 Jul 2026): MRR leaderboards with status emojis, freemium plans shown at sign-up, and the roadmap: trial-locked content, fast payouts worldwide and languages. Two lessons: traffic drives money, and how you pitch your community matters. Our guide: getting more members on Skool.
• #64 The NEW Skool Game (7 Jul 2026): A first look at the new Skool Game. Skool's team says the Skool Games in their old form have stopped. In its place: one always-on MRR leaderboard in Skoolers that also shows each group's traffic, status emojis at milestones, and a Platinum club at the top. Also how Growth Boost decides where to spend, and why accounting stays simple when Skool is the merchant of record.

June 2026

• #63 Lessons from $100,000/month Skools (30 Jun 2026): What the groups in the title share, in Skool's words: one traffic source linked straight to the About page, lots of traffic, an owner who shows up every day, and no team. Also Discovery filters, security codes, Growth Boost and Skool Games winners. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #62 Growth Boost Updates + Cool Groups (23 Jun 2026): Early Growth Boost results (working for some groups, not others), packaging advice, Discovery filters for paid groups and language, and the last Skool Games in the old format. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• #61 How To Grow Your Skool with Growth Boost (16 Jun 2026): Growth Boost one week in, traffic sources now on the Hobby plan, packaging and free trial tips, and languages and payouts on the way. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• #60 Growth Boost is LIVE! (9 Jun 2026): Growth Boost launches: Skool runs ads for groups outside Skool and takes a 30% cut of the members it brings. On by default, on Hobby and Pro. Our guide: Skool Growth Boost.
• #59 New Attribution System + OMG Gossip (2 Jun 2026): Attribution rebuilt for each group, locked when someone asks to join, with 90-day and 14-day windows. Roadmap: languages and faster payouts. Our guide: Skool analytics.

May 2026

• #58 11 Skools making $1,000,000+ per year (26 May 2026): The 11 groups in the title, in plain niches. Also Discovery changes, group card and About page tips, and free trials. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #57 Skool’s Secret Project (19 May 2026): Despite the title, mostly the new Discovery algorithm. Trending, based on the last 24 hours, becomes the default sort. Top is still there, sets your rank and is harder to game. A new filter menu adds public or private, free, paid or free trial, and language. The secret project is named as next. Our guide: Skool Discovery.
• #56 The Race to $1,000,000/month (12 May 2026): Two high-priced groups for business owners racing to the figure in the title. Also group card and About page tips, and free trials. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #55 NEW Discovery Search is LIVE! (5 May 2026): The new Discovery search goes live, and it handles typos, names and keywords. Also a Discovery checklist for unlisted groups, simpler notification settings, and a Trending algorithm named as next. Our guide: Skool Discovery.

April 2026

• Skool Games Event Recording Q1 2026 ft. Alex Hormozi + Skool CEO (28 Apr 2026): From the title: the recording of the Q1 2026 Skool Games event, with Alex Hormozi and Skool's CEO. Our guide: the Skool Games.
• #54 11 Uniquely Profitable Skools (21 Apr 2026): From the title: 11 groups Skool calls uniquely profitable. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #53 Introducing Keywords for Discovery (14 Apr 2026): Discovery keywords launch: up to 11 for each group, set in Settings under Discovery, with tips on picking them. Our guide: Skool Discovery.
• #52 NEW Discovery Is Coming (7 Apr 2026): From the title: a new Discovery on the way. Our guide: Skool Discovery.

March 2026

• #51 Skool HQ Office Tour (31 Mar 2026): From the title: a tour of Skool's office.
• #50 The Secret Skool Emojis (24 Mar 2026): From the title: Skool's secret emojis.
• #49 St. Patricks Day AMA (17 Mar 2026): From the title: a St. Patrick's Day question and answer episode.
• #48 This Kid Earns $238,000/month Looksmaxing (10 Mar 2026): From the title: a looksmaxing group. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #47 How To 5x Your Skool (3 Mar 2026): The Metrics, Growth and Analytics tabs merged into one Dashboard. How the Skool network brings members, mostly through Discovery search, and a tip to mention your Skool early in your YouTube videos. Our guide: getting more members on Skool.

February 2026

• #46 How To Get Members (Traffic Sources) (24 Feb 2026): The new traffic sources report, growth tips for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Skool itself, the roadmap, and a Skool of the week. Our guide: getting more members on Skool.
• #45 TRAFFIC SOURCES Are Here (17 Feb 2026): Traffic sources launch on the Growth tab: where visitors and sign-ups come from, and the conversion rate for each source. Our guide: Skool analytics.
• Skool Games Event Recording Q4 2025 ft. Alex Hormozi + Skool CEO (10 Feb 2026): From the title: the recording of the Q4 2025 Skool Games event, with Alex Hormozi and Skool's CEO. Our guide: the Skool Games.
• #44 11 Interesting + Profitable Skools (3 Feb 2026): From the title: 11 groups Skool calls interesting and profitable. Our guide: Skool success stories.

January 2026

• #43 AutoMod Sneak Peek (27 Jan 2026): A spam risk score added to DMs, a first look at AutoMod flagging posts from high-risk users, a spam folder for DMs, and ideas for more flagging. Our guide: Skool AutoMod.
• #42 New Features + Cool Communities (20 Jan 2026): From the title: new features and communities Skool likes.
• #41 How To Build Real Community (We Cried) (13 Jan 2026): A spam risk score on membership requests, and the roadmap. The lesson: build a small core of true regulars, give members a shared goal, show up, run weekly calls and build relationships. Our guide: engagement in your Skool community.
• #40 How Skool Gives You Members (6 Jan 2026): From the title: how Skool gives groups members. Our guide: Skool Discovery.

December 2025

• #39 Christmas Special: 2025 Highlights + 2026 Plan (15 Dec 2025): From the title: highlights of 2025 and the plan for 2026.
• #38 How To Reduce Churn (9 Dec 2025): The last two Skool 101 lessons. Churn: the leaky bucket, benchmarks, why churn falls after month three, and fixes. Running a community: a daily routine, trouble members and moderators. Our guide: reducing churn on Skool.
• Skool Games Event Recording Q3 2025 ft. Alex Hormozi (2 Dec 2025): From the title: the recording of the Q3 2025 Skool Games event, with Alex Hormozi. Our guide: the Skool Games.

November 2025

• #37 Skool Games Recap + Feature Polish (25 Nov 2025): From the title: a Skool Games recap and polish on existing features. Our guide: the Skool Games.
• #36 Analytics is LIVE! (18 Nov 2025): The analytics dashboard launches: members, MRR, cash flow, conversion, free trials, retention, cohorts and unit economics. Our guide: Skool analytics.
• #35 New Features + Make Things Fun (11 Nov 2025): From the title: new features, and making things fun. Our guide: engagement in your Skool community.
• #34 How To Make Money With Skool TIERS (4 Nov 2025): Fixes and common questions after the tiers launch, and how real groups price Freemium and Tiers. Analytics named as next. Our guide: Skool membership tiers.

October 2025

• #33 Membership TIERS Are Here (28 Oct 2025): Membership tiers and Freemium launch, with five pricing models. Lock courses and events by tier, prorated upgrades, keeping old prices for existing members, and an offer to change plan when someone cancels. Our guide: Skool membership tiers.
• #32 Introducing Webinars (21 Oct 2025): Skool Webinar launches: the host presents, the audience chats and reacts, and the host can bring people on stage. Pro plan only at launch. Better reactions on calls too. Our guide: Skool Live and webinars.
• #31 World Building: The Key To Lovable Communities (14 Oct 2025): From the title: world building as the key to communities people love. Our guide: engagement in your Skool community.
• #30 New GOAT: $400k /month? (7 Oct 2025): From the title: a new GOAT, Skool's name for its top-earning owner. Our guide: Skool success stories.

September 2025

• #29 This Witch Makes $23k /month? (30 Sep 2025): From the title: a group run by a witch. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #28 Become a Skool Ambassador (23 Sep 2025): The Skool Ambassador project launches: short ad videos in three styles, with applications at skool.com/apply. The Ambassadors group has since been archived.
• #27 Schnitzel + New Feature Sneak Peek (16 Sep 2025): From the title: schnitzel, and a first look at a new feature.
• #26 Native Live-Streaming Is Here (9 Sep 2025): Skool Call launches, Skool's own live streaming. Go live now or schedule it on the Calendar, with host controls and recordings you can download for 14 days. On Hobby and Pro, for members only. Our guide: Skool Live and webinars.
• #25 How To Make Money On Skool (2 Sep 2025): From the title: how to make money on Skool. Our guide: how to make money on Skool.

August 2025

• #24 How To Grow Your Skool (26 Aug 2025): From the title: how to grow your group. Our guide: getting more members on Skool.
• #23 Hormozi Skool Tsunami (19 Aug 2025): From the title: a "Hormozi Skool tsunami".
• #22 Apple & Google Pay is LIVE! (12 Aug 2025): From the title: Apple Pay and Google Pay go live.
• #21 How Whop, Circle, Patreon, and Kajabi Hide Fees (5 Aug 2025): From the title: how four rival platforms hide their fees. Our guide: Skool alternatives.

July 2025

• Skool Games Event Recording Q2 2025 ft. Alex Hormozi + The GOAT (29 Jul 2025): From the title: the recording of the Q2 2025 Skool Games event, with Alex Hormozi and the GOAT. Our guide: the Skool Games.
• #20 The GOAT: $300k/mo (no team + 95% profit) (22 Jul 2025): From the title: the GOAT, who runs a group with no team. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #19 2 New Features + AI Moderation (15 Jul 2025): From the title: two new features and AI moderation. Our guide: Skool AutoMod.
• #18 Skool for $9/month? (8 Jul 2025): From the title: Skool for $9 a month. Our guide: Skool pricing.
• #17 Native Video Hosting Is Here (1 Jul 2025): Native video hosting launches: uploads to lessons, posts and comments, auto captions, chapters, speed and quality controls, custom thumbnails, and uploads from the phone app. The Q3 Skool Games also open. Our guide: Skool video hosting.

June 2025

• #16 Hormozi Skool Scandal? (24 Jun 2025): From the title: a question mark over a "Hormozi Skool scandal".
• #15 The Secret to ENGAGED Communities (17 Jun 2025): From the title: the secret to engaged communities. Our guide: engagement in your Skool community.
• #14 How To Find Your "Thing" (10 Jun 2025): From the title: how to find your "thing".
• #13 How To Succeed On Skool (3 Jun 2025): From the title: how to succeed on Skool.

May 2025

• #12 Skool's Roadmap + Stats (27 May 2025): From the title: Skool's roadmap and stats.
• #11 He Makes $269k /month on Skool (20 May 2025): From the title: one owner and his group. Our guide: Skool success stories.
• #10 Full Moon + Skool's Origin Story (13 May 2025): From the title: a full moon, and how Skool started. Our guide: who owns Skool.
• #9 Skool’s 4 Values (6 May 2025): From the title: Skool's four values.

April 2025

• Skool Games Event Recording Q1 2025 (29 Apr 2025): From the title: the recording of the Q1 2025 Skool Games event. Our guide: the Skool Games.
• #8 How We Build Skool (22 Apr 2025): From the title: how Skool's team builds Skool.
• #7 Reducing Churn + Simplifying Payouts (15 Apr 2025): Unified payouts: one bank account for all your groups and affiliate earnings, with no Stripe account for each group. Unified payment methods coming, sharper thumbnails, and the plan for Skool News. Churn advice: overwhelm drives churn, so design for casual and hardcore members. Our guide: reducing churn on Skool.
• #6 New Set, Q1 Recap, Hormozi Rave (8 Apr 2025): From the title: a new set, a Q1 recap and a "Hormozi rave".
• #5 Free Trial Improvements, Switcher Updates, 50 Group Limit Crisis (1 Apr 2025): Member trial fixes: skip the trial and pay now, a 5-day decline window instead of 14, and trial members labelled apart. Also search for churned and banned members, group switcher updates, the 50-group limit reversed, and the Q2 Skool Games start. Our guide: Skool free trials.

March 2025

• #4 Skool Games Q1 ft. Evelyn Weiss (25 Mar 2025): From the title: the Q1 Skool Games, with Evelyn Weiss. Our guide: the Skool Games.
• #3 Onboarding Feature, $10k Price Limit, Pinned Comments (18 Mar 2025): From the title: an onboarding feature, a $10k price limit and pinned comments.
• #2 Map + Affiliates for Courses (11 Mar 2025): From the title: a map, and affiliates for courses. Our guide: the Skool affiliate program.
• #1 Affiliates launch party (3 Mar 2025): From the title: the first episode, a launch party for affiliates. Our guide: the Skool affiliate program.

How to follow Skool News

• Subscribe on YouTube. The channel is youtube.com/@skool-news. Its own description is "News about skool from skool."
• Check on Tuesdays. 73 of the 75 numbered episodes went up on a Tuesday, US Pacific time. Most run 15 to 35 minutes.
• Look beyond the numbered episodes. Skool Games event recordings and long interviews with owners go up on the same channel.
• Read the current version. Features change after launch. Skool's help centre has how a feature works now, and the table above links our guide for each big one.

If you don't run a community yet and these features sound useful, you can start a Skool community here (affiliate link). Either way, Skool News is where Skool's team says what changed, and this page is the quick way to find the episode you want.

FAQ

What is Skool News?

Skool News is Skool's own YouTube channel and show, at youtube.com/@skool-news. Skool's team uses it to announce new features, update the roadmap and show groups it likes. The first episode went up on 3 Mar 2025. By 22 Sep 2026 there were 75 numbered episodes and 82 videos in all.

How often does Skool News come out?

Almost every week. 73 of the 75 numbered episodes went up on a Tuesday, US Pacific time. The only long gap was three weeks over Christmas 2025, and in five weeks a Skool Games event recording went up instead of an episode. Most episodes run 15 to 35 minutes.

Who hosts Skool News?

Skool's own team presents it, on Skool's own channel. The videos we checked do not list their hosts by full name, so we say Skool's team. Skool's about page names Sam Ovens as CEO and Daniel Kang as CTO, and two Skool Games recordings on the channel name Alex Hormozi and Skool's CEO in their titles.

Where can I find out about new Skool features?

Skool News is where Skool's team shows new features, usually the week they ship. For how a feature works today, use Skool's help centre at help.skool.com, because features change after launch. The table on this page links our written guide for each big launch, from video hosting to Growth Boost.

What was the first Skool News episode?

Skool News #1, "Affiliates launch party", went up on 3 Mar 2025. Going by their titles, the early episodes covered affiliates, a map, an onboarding feature, pinned comments and the first Skool Games of 2025. Bigger launches came later that year: video hosting in July 2025 (#17) and live streaming in September 2025 (#26).

What is the latest Skool News episode?

The latest we found on 29 Sep 2026 is #75, "Mission: End Creator Burnout", from 22 Sep 2026. It has no launches. Skool's team talks about its mission and what it is building next: partnership ads in Growth Boost, local payment methods, a faster app, steadier live calls and a global calendar.

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