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YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. Accessible worldwide,[7] it was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google and is the second most visited website in the world, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users,[8] who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos every day.[9] As of May 2019, videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute.[10][11]

YouTube, LLC
The YouTube logo is made of a red round-rectangular box with a white "play" button inside and the word "YouTube" written in black.
Logo used since 2017

Screenshot of the video player on November 2, 2022
Type of business
Subsidiary
Type of site
Online video platform
Founded
February 14, 2005; 18 years ago
Headquarters
901 Cherry Avenue
San Bruno, California, United States
Area served
Worldwide (excluding blocked countries)
Owner
Google LLC
Founder(s)
Steve Chen
Chad Hurley
Jawed Karim
Key people
Neal Mohan (CEO)
Chad Hurley (advisor)
Industry
Internet
Video hosting service
Products
YouTube Kids
YouTube Music
YouTube Premium
YouTube Shorts
YouTube TV
Revenue
Increase US$28.8 billion (2021)[1]
Parent
Google LLC (2006–present)
URL
(see list of localized domain names)
Advertising
Google AdSense
Registration
Optional
Not required to watch most videos; required for certain tasks such as uploading videos, viewing flagged (18+) videos, creating playlists, liking or disliking videos, and posting comments
Users
Decrease 2.514 billion MAU (January 2023)[2]
Launched
February 14, 2005; 18 years ago
Current status
Active
Content license
Uploader holds copyright (standard license); Creative Commons can be selected.
Written in
Python (core/API),[3] C (through CPython), C++, Java (through Guice platform),[4][5] Go,[6] JavaScript (UI)
In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion.[12] Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's AdSense program, which seeks to generate more revenue for both parties. In 2021, YouTube's annual advertising revenue increased to $28.8 billion, an increase in revenue of 9 billion from the previous year.[1] YouTube reported revenue of $29.2 billion in 2022.[13]

Since its purchase by Google, YouTube has expanded beyond the core website into mobile apps, network television, and the ability to link with other platforms. Video categories on YouTube include music videos, video clips, news, short films, feature films, songs, documentaries, movie trailers, teasers, live streams, vlogs, and more. Most content is generated by individuals, including collaborations between YouTubers and corporate sponsors. Established media corporations such as Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros. Discovery have also created and expanded their corporate YouTube channels to advertise to a greater audience.

YouTube has had unprecedented social impact, influencing popular culture, internet trends, and creating multimillionaire celebrities. Despite its growth and success, it has been widely criticized for allegedly facilitating the spread of misinformation and the sharing of copyrighted content, routinely violating its users' privacy, enabling censorship, and endangering child safety and wellbeing, and for its inconsistent or incorrect implementation of platform guidelines.