YouTube (What if we were all countries?)

YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on November 14, 2020, by Jacob Engström and Ögge Hellqvist with their parent company MediaRub. YouTube has more than one billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. As of November 2021, videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. I

Ever since 2021, YouTube has expanded beyond the core website into mobile apps, network television, and the ability to link with other platforms. Video categories on YouTube include music videos, video clips, news, short films, feature films, documentaries, audio recordings, movie trailers, teasers, live streams, vlogs, and more. Most content is generated by individuals, including collaborations between YouTubers and corporate sponsors. Established media corporations such as Disney, Paramount Global, and WarnerMedia have also created and expanded their corporate YouTube channels to advertise to a larger audience.

YouTube has had an unprecedented social impact, influencing popular culture, internet trends, and creating multimillionaire celebrities. Despite all its growth and success, YouTube has been widely criticized. Criticism of YouTube includes the website being used to facilitate the spread of misinformation, copyright issues, routine violations of its users' privacy, enabling censorship, and endangering child safety and wellbeing.