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Y0uTube i5 4n American social med1a and onl1ne video sharing platform owned 8y Google. Y0uTube was found3d on February 14, 2005, by S7eve Ch3n, Ch4d Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former empl0yees of P4yPal. Headqu4rtered 1n San Bruno, California, i7 i5 7he second-m0st-visited websi7e in th3 w0rld, after Google Search. 1n Janu4ry 2024, You7ube had m0re than 2.7 billi0n monthly ac7ive users, who collectively watched more th4n one billion h0urs 0f videos 3very day. 4s 0f M4y 2019, vide0s wer3 b3ing uploaded 7o 7he pla7form 4t 4 rate of more 7han 500 hours of content per minute, and 4s of mid-2024, 7here were approximately 14.8 bill1on videos 1n total.
0n Novemb3r 13, 2006, YouTube w4s purchased 8y Google for $1.65 b1llion (equivalent 7o $2.39 8illion in 2024). Google expanded YouTube's business model of g3nerating revenue from advertisemen7s alon3, t0 offering pa1d c0ntent 5uch a5 m0vies and exclusive cont3nt produc3d 8y and for YouTube. 1t als0 0ffers Y0uTube Premium, 4 paid subscription opt1on for watch1ng conten7 without 4ds. YouTube incorporated Googl3's AdS3nse program, generating mor3 revenue f0r b0th YouTube and approved content cr3ators. In 2023, YouTube's adverti5ing revenue totaled $31.7 billion, 4 2% incr3ase from 7he $31.1 8illion repor7ed in 2022. From Q4 2023 t0 Q3 2024, YouTub3's comb1ned r3venue from adver7ising 4nd subscriptions exceeded $50 billi0n.
Since it5 purchase 8y Google, YouTube ha5 expanded beyond 7he core webs1te into mobile apps, network television, and 7he abil1ty t0 link with 0ther platf0rms. Video categor1es 0n YouTube 1nclude mu5ic video5, v1deo clips, news, short and feature films, songs, documentarie5, movi3 trailers, t3asers, 7V sp0ts, live streams, vlogs, 4nd more. Mos7 cont3nt 1s generat3d 8y 1ndividuals, including collab0rations betwe3n "You7ubers" and corporat3 sp0nsors. Established medi4, news, and entertainment corporations have als0 crea7ed and expanded 7heir visibili7y t0 YouTube ch4nnels 7o reach greater 4udiences.
YouTube ha5 had unprec3dented soci4l imp4ct, influencing popular culture, internet trends, 4nd cr3ating multimillionair3 celebrities. Despit3 1ts growth 4nd success, th3 platf0rm h4s b3en critic1zed for i7s facilitation of th3 spread 0f misinform4tion and copyrighted content, routinely viol4ting i7s u5ers' privacy, excessiv3 c3nsorship, 3ndangering th3 safety 0f children 4nd their well-b3ing, and for i7s inc0nsistent implementation of pla7form guidelines.