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YouTube

Video sharing and streaming platform

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Overview

What YouTube does

YouTube is a free video sharing website that allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It's the world's largest video platform with billions of hours of content consumed daily across entertainment, education, and business.

What people use it for

  • Video sharing
  • Content marketing
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Live streaming

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about YouTube.

  • YouTube Premium/Music subscriptions bill through the App Store with a stated auto-renewal clause: renewal charges are applied within 24 hours of the current period ending unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before that point, and no price figure is disclosed in the listing itself.

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What people choose instead of YouTube

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

Pricing

What YouTube costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Free

Free

  • Unlimited video watching
  • Basic video uploads
  • Community features
  • Ad-supported

YouTube Premium

$11.99 /mo

  • Ad-free videos
  • Background play
  • YouTube Music included
  • Offline downloads

Capabilities

Features

  • Video hosting

    Video hosting capability

  • Live streaming

    Live streaming capability

  • Content discovery

    Content discovery capability

  • Creator tools

    Creator tools capability

  • Analytics

    Analytics capability

  • Google services

    Integration with Google services

  • Social media

    Integration with Social media

  • Creator tools

    Integration with Creator tools

  • Third-party apps

    Integration with Third-party apps

  • Content ID

    Content ID security feature

  • Community guidelines

    Community guidelines security feature

  • Privacy controls

    Privacy controls security feature

Behind it

Who makes YouTube

Company
Google LLC
Based in
San Bruno, California, USA
Founders
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim

Timeline

YouTube over time

  1. Launch2007-01-01

    YouTube Partner Program launched

    Source
  2. Milestone2006-11-13

    Google closes YouTube acquisition

    Source
  3. Acquisition2006-10-09$1.6bn

    Google announces acquisition of YouTube

    Source
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