YouTube

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YouTube, LLC

Type	Subsidiary of Google, limited liability company
Founded	February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14)
Founder(s)	Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim
Headquarters	901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Salar Kamangar (CEO) Chad Hurley (Advisor)
Industry	Internet
Parent	Independent (2005–2006) Google (2006–present)
Slogan	Broadcast Yourself
Website	YouTube.com (see list of localized domain names)
Alexa rank	3 (April 2012[update])[1]
Type of site	Video hosting service
Advertising	Google AdSense
Registration	Optional (Only required for certain tasks such as viewing flagged videos, viewing flagged comments and uploading videos)
Available in	54 language versions available through user interface[2]
Launched	February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14)
Current status	Active
[show]Screenshot Screenshot of YouTube's homepage

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos.^[3] The company is based in San Bruno, California, and uses Adobe Flash Video and HTML5^[4] technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos.
Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, although media corporations including CBS, the BBC, VEVO, Hulu, and other organizations offer some of their material via the site, as part of the YouTube partnership program.^[5] Unregistered users can watch videos, while registered users can upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos considered to contain offensive content are available only to registered users at least 18 years old. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion, and now operates as a subsidiary of