{"entity":"youtube","id":"ent_youtube","name":"YouTube","predicate":"owned_by","label":"owners","page":"https://asof.is/record/youtube/owned_by","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, YouTube's owner on the AsOf record is Google, dated November 1, 2006, from 2 secondary sources (whomakethis.com and youtube.com). The record holds 1 claim on YouTube's owner, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_1065DB8DB343"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_1065DB8DB343","value":"Google","valid_from":"2006-11-01","valid_to":null,"published":"2026-08-13","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.85,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://whomakethis.com/who-owns-youtube/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"whomakethis.com","published_at":"2026-08-13T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/t/terms","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"Did Google Really Buy YouTube? Yes. Google acquired YouTube in November 2006 for 1.65 billion dollars, paid entirely in Google stock.","url":"https://whomakethis.com/who-owns-youtube/"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is YouTube's current owner?","answer":"Google, dated November 1, 2006, from 2 secondary sources (whomakethis.com and youtube.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}