YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service, created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees - Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Javed Karim, was purchased by Google in November 2006 for US $ 1.65 billion and now serves as one of the company's subsidiaries. . According to Alexa Internet ranking, YouTube is the second most visited website after Google search.
YouTube allows users to upload, watch, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. Available content includes video clips, TV show clips, music videos, short and documentary films, audio recordings, movie trailers, live streams, video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos. Most of the content is created and uploaded by individuals, but media corporations including CBS, BBC, Vevo and Hulu provide some of their content through YouTube under the YouTube Partnership Program. Non-registered users can view, but not upload, videos on the site, while registered users can upload an unlimited number of videos and add comments. Age-restricted videos are available only to registered users who confirm themselves to be at least 18 years old.
As of May 2019, over 500 hours of content was uploaded to YouTube every minute and over one billion hours of content was being watched on YouTube every day. YouTube and selected creators earn advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program that targets advertisements according to site content and audience. Most videos are free to watch, but there are exceptions, including subscription-based premium channels, movie rentals, as well as YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, respectively, premium and ad-free music streaming, and ad-free subscription subscription services. Access to all content including special content commissioned from personalities. Based on reported quarterly advertising revenue, YouTube is estimated at US $ 15 billion in annual revenue.
YouTube has faced criticism for aspects of its work, including handling copyrighted content contained within uploaded videos, recommending videos that promote videos that promote principles and falsehoods forever , Hosting videos, possibly targeting children but involving violent or sexually popular characters, content involving videos, attracting minors to pedophilic activities in their comment sections, and fluctuating types of policies Policies that are eligible to be monetized with advertising.
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