# YouTube id: ent_youtube wikidata: Q866 kind: product timeline: /timelines/youtube.md page: /record/youtube American video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc. ## Current state What the record asserts: open claims that are valid, or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here. - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | revenue | 40,367,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2025-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_6F6FCD879DB6](/claim/clm_6F6FCD879DB6.md) sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000012/googexhibit991q42025.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | license | end-user license agreement | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_EE2958D940B1](/claim/clm_EE2958D940B1.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.google.com/policies/terms/, https://www.youtube.com/t/terms ## All claims One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible. - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | revenue | 40,367,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2025-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_6F6FCD879DB6](/claim/clm_6F6FCD879DB6.md) sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000012/googexhibit991q42025.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | revenue | 36,147,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_6F6FCD879DB6](/claim/clm_6F6FCD879DB6.md) | [clm_621B06C38D22](/claim/clm_621B06C38D22.md) sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204425000014/goog-20241231.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | revenue | 31,510,000,000 United States dollar | valid 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_621B06C38D22](/claim/clm_621B06C38D22.md) | [clm_AFA3FCEA12B7](/claim/clm_AFA3FCEA12B7.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204425000014/goog-20241231.htm, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-ad-revenue-tops-8-6b-beating-netflix-in-the-quarter-1235085391/ - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | viewers | 1,860,000,000 | valid 2021-12-31 to present | conf 0.85 | unverified | [clm_9D93FC598755](/claim/clm_9D93FC598755.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805656/number-youtube-viewers-worldwide/ - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | viewers | 1,780,000,000 | valid 2020-12-31 to 2021-12-31 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_9D93FC598755](/claim/clm_9D93FC598755.md) | [clm_9A8C4753C3F7](/claim/clm_9A8C4753C3F7.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805656/number-youtube-viewers-worldwide/ - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | viewers | 1,680,000,000 | valid 2019-12-31 to 2020-12-31 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_9A8C4753C3F7](/claim/clm_9A8C4753C3F7.md) | [clm_80BFED0DCD2F](/claim/clm_80BFED0DCD2F.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805656/number-youtube-viewers-worldwide/ - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | viewers | 1,580,000,000 | valid 2018-12-31 to 2019-12-31 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_80BFED0DCD2F](/claim/clm_80BFED0DCD2F.md) | [clm_2E05F05006EC](/claim/clm_2E05F05006EC.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805656/number-youtube-viewers-worldwide/ - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | viewers | 1,470,000,000 | valid 2017-12-31 to 2018-12-31 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_2E05F05006EC](/claim/clm_2E05F05006EC.md) | [clm_7396568009DF](/claim/clm_7396568009DF.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805656/number-youtube-viewers-worldwide/ - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | viewers | 1,350,000,000 | valid 2016-12-31 to 2017-12-31 | conf 0.85 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_7396568009DF](/claim/clm_7396568009DF.md) | [clm_1EDD19563803](/claim/clm_1EDD19563803.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805656/number-youtube-viewers-worldwide/ - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | x_username | TeamYouTube | valid 2015-02-19 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_34686DE8CCF6](/claim/clm_34686DE8CCF6.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | x_username | YTCreators | valid 2011-01-18 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_8C3873369ABB](/claim/clm_8C3873369ABB.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | x_username | YouTubeIndia | valid 2010-08-19 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_65560CD92AED](/claim/clm_65560CD92AED.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | x_username | YouTubeJapan | valid 2010-02-03 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_F6BE2E07D538](/claim/clm_F6BE2E07D538.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | x_username | YouTubeEspanol | valid 2009-06-16 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_5A3FD48CF9A4](/claim/clm_5A3FD48CF9A4.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | x_username | YouTube | valid 2007-11-13 to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_5E788A6D630C](/claim/clm_5E788A6D630C.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | owned_by | [Google](/record/google.md) | valid 2006-11-01 to present | conf 0.85 | unverified | [clm_1065DB8DB343](/claim/clm_1065DB8DB343.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.youtube.com/t/terms - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Chad Hurley | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_030ADD96A325](/claim/clm_030ADD96A325.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | short_name | YT | valid undated to present | conf 0.45 | unverified | [clm_381C217D4767](/claim/clm_381C217D4767.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founded | 2005-02-14 | valid 2005-02-14 to present | conf 0.85 | unverified | [clm_65B7D8FB4510](/claim/clm_65B7D8FB4510.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.formacionavanzadaeuropea.com/post/la-historia-de-youtube-desde-sus-humildes-comienzos-hasta-la-gigantesca-plataforma-de-video - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | linkedin | YouTube | valid undated to present | conf 0.45 | unverified | [clm_8368B0A71696](/claim/clm_8368B0A71696.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Steve Chen | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_9259FFA8BDEF](/claim/clm_9259FFA8BDEF.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Jawed Karim | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_980A2D072EE1](/claim/clm_980A2D072EE1.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | website | https://www.youtube.com/ | valid undated to present | conf 0.45 | unverified | [clm_CC732A2C964E](/claim/clm_CC732A2C964E.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866 - [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | license | end-user license agreement | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_EE2958D940B1](/claim/clm_EE2958D940B1.md) sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.google.com/policies/terms/, https://www.youtube.com/t/terms --- AsOf is a temporal fact ledger: a structured, dated, sourced record of what is true and what changed, built for AI retrieval.