YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website that allows users to upload, watch, share, report, and comment on videos, as well as subscribing to other users and creating personal or public playlists. It is currently the second most popular website in the world, following Google.

The platform launched on February 14, 2005 and was founded by former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. Google purchased YouTube in October 2006 for $1.6 billion. YouTube users can earn advertising revenue via Google AdSense, a service that targets ads based on the content and audience of the channel.

Since February 2005, YouTube has acquired over 1.8 billion users, as of May 2018. Some of the most-subscribed YouTube channels include PewDiePie, 5-Minute Crafts, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Spinnin' Records, and many more.