# YouTube founder

entity: /record/youtube.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/youtube/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, YouTube's founders on the AsOf record are Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, each a claim of its own with its date, from 5 sources in all. The record holds 3 claims on YouTube's founder, 3 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Chad Hurley | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_030ADD96A325](/claim/clm_030ADD96A325.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.biography.com/business-figure/chad-hurley, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm
- [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Steve Chen | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [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, https://abc7news.com/post/youtube-founder-steve-chen-pushes-innovation-ties-between-taiwan-silicon-valley/19037506/
- [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Jawed Karim | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_980A2D072EE1](/claim/clm_980A2D072EE1.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.vdocipher.com/blog/history-of-youtube/, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Chad Hurley | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_030ADD96A325](/claim/clm_030ADD96A325.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.biography.com/business-figure/chad-hurley, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm
- [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Steve Chen | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [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, https://abc7news.com/post/youtube-founder-steve-chen-pushes-innovation-ties-between-taiwan-silicon-valley/19037506/
- [YouTube](/record/youtube.md) | founder | Jawed Karim | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_980A2D072EE1](/claim/clm_980A2D072EE1.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866, https://www.vdocipher.com/blog/history-of-youtube/, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm

## Questions this record answers

### Who are YouTube's founders?

Chad Hurley (undated), Steve Chen (undated) and Jawed Karim (undated), as the record asserts them on November 1, 2026.


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/youtube/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/youtube?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "youtube", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/youtube/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/youtube.md · timeline: /timelines/youtube.md

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