Youtube

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YouTube, LLC
YouTube.com logo
TypeSubsidiary of Google
FoundedFebruary 15, 2005
HeadquartersSan Bruno, California, U.S. Flag of the United States
Key peopleSteve Chen, Founder & CTO
Chad Hurley, Founder & CEO
Jawed Karim, Founder & Advisor
OwnerGoogle
SloganBroadcast Yourself

Screenshot of youtube.com home page
Websiteyoutube.com
Type of sitevideo sharing
RegistrationOptional
(required to upload)
Available language(s)English
.com, uk., ie.
Dutch nl.
French fr.
Italian it.
Japanese ja.
Polish pl.
Portuguese br.
Spanish es.
LaunchedFebruary 15, 2005
Current statusactive

YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in mid February 2005 by three former PayPal employees. The San Bruno-based service uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of video content, including movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging and short original videos. In October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for US$1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal closed on November 13, 2006.

Unregistered users can watch most videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Some videos are available only to users of age 18 or older (videos containing potentially offensive content, pornography is disallowed to be uploaded). Related videos, determined by title and tags, appear onscreen to the right of a given video. In YouTube's second year, functions were added to enhance user ability to post video 'responses' and subscribe to content feeds.