YouTube
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself. In January 2024, YouTube had reached more than 2.7 billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of video every day. As of May 2019, videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of video per minute, and as of mid-2024, there were approximately 14.8 billion videos in total. Wikipedia
Website: www.youtube.com
Owned by: Google
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- Jul 2: From Podcast Movement 2025, Rob Walch shares whether there are any silver bullets for marketing your podcast - and why you probably can't believe many of the download numbers you see. (Rob now works with DAX US and Captivate).
- Jul 1: Meanwhile, YouTuber Kitboga has discovered a way to identify and break AI scam callers. It's a fun video, highlighting that you really can't leave AI tools to publish without checking stuff first.
- Jun 26: YouTube has 13.4% of all TV watching in the US, says Nielsen's latest Gauge reports. Netflix is at 7.8%; Tubi is up to 2.3%.
- Jun 25: Growth-oriented podcast host Captivate has turned on Captivate Monetization, a full suite of tools to help its podcasters earn revenue from advertising. It comprises Captivate Marketplace, for direct sales between your podcast and advertisers (here is more info for advertisers); Programmatic Advertising, an existing Memberships and tips tool, and a new Campaign Management feature for AMIE, which is the company's dynamic content insertion engine. There will be a free webinar on Monday to learn more.
- Jun 24: One of the organisers, Dino Sophos of Persephonica, spoke to UK MPs on the Culture, Media and Sports Committee about why some of the BBC's podcasts are now available on YouTube. ("Probably a little bit late", he says).
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