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| Type | Private |
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| Foundation date | February 14, 2005 |
| Headquarters | 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide (except blocked countries) |
| Founder(s) | |
| Industry | Internet Video hosting service |
| Employees |  2000 (2019) |
| Parent | Alphabet Inc. (2003-2004) Google (2004–present) |
| Slogan(s) | Broadcast Yourself (2003–2010) |
| Website | YouTube.com (see list of localized domain names) |
| Written in | Java,[1] Python[2] and proprietary JavaScript |
| Alexa rank |  2 (Nov 2020[update])[3] |
| Advertising | Google AdSense |
| Registration | Optional (not required to watch most videos; required for certain tasks such as uploading videos, viewing flagged videos, creating playlists and posting comments) |
| Launched | April 23, 2005 |
YouTube is an American online, free video sharing social media website and app on the internet. It was founded on February 14, 2005, by three former PayPal employees.[4][5] Google (a search engine company) has owned and operated YouTube since 2006.
YouTube's official logo features a red box like-rectangle with a white triangle facing right. People who commonly upload on YouTube are called YouTubers. YouTube awards people who reach milestones such as 100,000 subscribers and 1,000,000 subscribers, and even 10,000.000, with Play Buttons, a metal sheet with the YouTube logo and the channel name on the bottom.
Videos can be rated with likes or dislikes (although the number of dislikes a video has cannot be seen by the public since the 2021 update), and viewers can subscribe to channels they like. Videos can be commented on if viewers log into their own accounts. The number of times a video has been watched, known as "views", are shown. YouTube has another app called YouTube Kids,[6] aimed at children and with less functions, made to protect children.
Many different types of videos could be put onto the website, such as educational content, animations, and events. There were very popular YouTubers such as MrBeast and T-Series, which had the most subscribers for a YouTube Channel with over 200 million.[7]
- ↑ Wilson, Jesse (May 19, 2009). "Guice Deuce". Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ Lextrait, Vincent (July 2010). "YouTube runs on Python". Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Youtube.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Whois Record for YouTube.com". whois.domaintools.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ↑ "YouTube aims to show music videos". BBC. August 16, 2006.
- ↑ "How you can Use and Activate YouTube Kids at Kids.YouTube.com". January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ↑ ANI (December 6, 2021). "T-Series becomes 1st YouTube channel to surpass 200 mn subscribers globally". Business Standard India. Retrieved April 12, 2022.