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Screenshot of YouTube's homepage
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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
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Type of site
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Video hosting service |
| Founded | February 14, 2005 |
| Headquarters | 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°37′41″N 122°25′35″W / 37.628101°N 122.426424°WCoordinates: 37°37′41″N 122°25′35″W / 37.628101°N 122.426424°W |
| Area served | Worldwide (except blocked countries) |
| Owner | Alphabet Inc. |
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| Key people |
Susan Wojcicki (CEO) Chad Hurley (Adviser) |
| Industry |
Internet Video hosting service |
| Parent | Google (2006–present) |
| Slogan(s) | Broadcast Yourself (2005–2012) |
| Website |
YouTube (see list of localized domain names) |
| Alexa rank |
 2 (Global, April 2017[update])
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| 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) |
| Launched | February 14, 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
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Content license
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Uploader holds copyright (standard license); Creative Commons can be selected. |
| Written in | Java,Python, and proprietary JavaScript |
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report and comment on videos, subscribe to other users, and it makes use of WebM, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media videos. Available content includes video clips, TV show clips, music videos, short and documentary films, audio recordings, movie trailers and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.
Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, but media corporations including CBS, the BBC, Vevo, and Hulu offer some of their material via YouTube as part of the YouTube partnership program. Unregistered users can only watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos and add comments to videos. Videos deemed potentially offensive are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old.
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