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YouTube, LLC
The YouTube logo is made of "You" written in black and "Tube" written in white inside a red round-rectangular box.
Type of business Subsidiary
Type of site
Video hosting service
Founded February 14, 2005; 12 years ago (2005-02-14)
Headquarters 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California, United States
Coordinates 37°37′41″N 122°25′35″W / 37.628101°N 122.426424°W / 37.628101; -122.426424Coordinates: 37°37′41″N 122°25′35″W / 37.628101°N 122.426424°W / 37.628101; -122.426424
Area served Worldwide (except blocked countries)
Owner Alphabet Inc.
Founder(s)
CEO Susan Wojcicki (CEO)
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.com
(see list of localized domain names)
Alexa rank Steady 2 (Global, July 2017)
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; 12 years ago (2005-02-14)
Current status Active
Content license
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.

YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It uses 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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