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YouTube, LLC
Teep o businessSubsidiary
Teep o steid
Video hostin service
FoonditFebruar 14, 2005; 21 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; 21 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.