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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.

Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of siteOnline video platform
FoundedFebruary 14, 2005; 18 years ago
Headquarters

901 Cherry Avenue

San Bruno, California,

United States

Area servedWorldwide (excluding blocked countries)
OwnerGoogle LLC
Founder(s)
Key people
Industry
Products
Revenue US$28.8 billion (2021)[1]
ParentGoogle LLC (2006–present)
URL

youtube.com

(see list of localized domain names)

AdvertisingGoogle AdSense
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Users 2.562 billion MAU (January 2022)[citation needed]
LaunchedFebruary 14, 2005; 18 years ago
Current statusActive
Content licenseUploader holds copyright (standard license); Creative Commons can be selected.
Written inPython (core/API),[2] C (through CPython), C++, Java (through Guice platform),[3][4] Go,[5] JavaScript (UI)

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