YouTube
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Video-sharing platform founded in 2005 and acquired by Google in 2006, covering long-form video, Shorts, live streaming and paid subscriptions.

YouTube is a video-sharing platform founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim and acquired by [Google](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/organizations/google.html) in November 2006 for about US$1.65 billion.

It supports uploading, watching, commenting and live streaming across long-form video, Shorts, music, podcasts and paid channels, and earns revenue through advertising, YouTube Premium and YouTube TV.

Updated: 2026-10-30

Sources:
- About YouTube https://about.youtube/
- YouTube for Press https://www.youtube.com/about/press/