YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google.

It was
launched on February 14, 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is the second most
visited website, right after Google itself. YouTube has more than one billion monthly users[7] who
collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day.[8] As of May 2019, videos were being
uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute.[9][10]
In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion.[11] Google's ownership of YouTube
has also changed its business model; it no longer generates revenue from advertisements alone. YouTube
now offers paid content such as movies and exclusive content. YouTube and approved creators
participate in Google's AdSense program, which generates more revenue for both parties. It has since
evolved from a small video streaming platform to a large service with reported revenues of $19.8 billio