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YouTube, LLC
Teep o businessSubsidiary
Teep o steid
Video hostin service
FoonditFebruar 14, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-02-14)
Heidquarters901 Cherry Avenue
San Bruno, Californie
, Unitit States
Coordinates37°37′41″N 122°25′35″W / 37.62806°N 122.42639°W / 37.62806; -122.42639Coordinates: 37°37′41″N 122°25′35″W / 37.62806°N 122.42639°W / 37.62806; -122.42639
Area servedWarldwide (except for blocked kintras)
AwnerAlphabet Inc.
Foonder(s)
Key fowkSusan Wojcicki (CEO)
Chad Hurley (advisor)
IndustryInternet
Video hosting service
ParentGoogle (2006–present)
WabsteidYouTube.com
Alexa rankSteady 2 (Global, Februar 2019)[1]
AdvertisinGoogle AdSense
RegistrationOptional (nae required tae watch maist videos; required for certaint tasks sic as uplaidin videos, viewin flagged (18+) videos, creautin playlists, likin or dislikin videos an postin comments)
LaunchedFebruar 14, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-02-14)
Current statusActive
Content license
Uplaider haulds copyricht (staundart license); Creative Commons can be selectit.
Written inPython (core/API),[2] C (throu CPython), C++, Java (throu Guice platform),[3][4] Go,[5] JavaScript (UI)

YouTube is a video-sharin wabsteid, creatit bi three umwhile PayPal employees in Februar 2005, on which uisers can upload, view an share videos.[6] The company is based in San Bruno, Californie, an uises Adobe Flash Video an HTML5 technology tae display a wide variety o uiser-generatit video content, includin movie clips, TV clips, an muisic videos, as well as amateur content sic as video bloggin, short oreeginal videos, an eddicational videos.

Maist o the content on YouTube heas been uploadit bi individuals, awtho media corporations includin CBS, the BBC, Vevo, Hulu, an ether organisations offer some o thair material via the steid, as pairt o the YouTube partnership program.[7] Unregistered uisers can watch videos, while registered uisers can upload an unlimitit nummer o videos. Videos considered tae contain potentially offensive content are available anly tae registered uisers at least 18 year auld. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC wis boucht bi Google for US$1.65 billion, an operates as a subsidiary o Google.

References

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  1. "Youtube.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors". www.alexa.com (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 4 Februar 2019.
  2. Claburn, Thomas (5 Januar 2017). "Google's Grumpy code makes Python Go". The Register (in Inglis). Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. Wilson, Jesse (19 Mey 2009). "Guice Deuce". Official Google Code Blog. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2017.
  4. "YouTube Architecture – High Scalability -". Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. "Golang Vitess: a database wrapper written in Go as used by Youtube". 23 October 2018.
  6. Hopkins, Jim (11 October 2006). "Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder". USA Today. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  7. Weber, Tim (2 Mairch 2007). "BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal". BBC. Retrieved 17 Januar 2009.