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Summary

YouTube is a video streaming service app[1]. YouTube is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: online video platform[3], user-generated content platform[4], online community[5]
  • Publisher: Google[6]
  • Developer: Google[7], YouTube LLC[8]
  • Copyright license: proprietary license[9], end-user license agreement[10]
  • Programmed in: Python[11], Go[12]
  • Operating system: Android[13], iOS[14]
  • Commons category: YouTube (mobile app)[15]
  • Platform: Android[16], iOS[17], Wii U[18]
  • Language of work or name: English[19]
  • Distribution format: digital download[20]
  • Input device: touchscreen[21]
  • Country of origin: United States[22]
  • Publication date: June 17, 2006[23], June 9, 2002[24]
  • Distributed by: Google Play[25], App Store (Apple)[26]
  • Official website: https://m.youtube.com[27]
  • IPA transcription: ˈju.tub[28]
  • PEGI rating: Parental Guidance Recommended[29]
  • Main subject: YouTube[30]
  • Product or material produced: online video platform[31], streaming media[32]
  • Readable file format: QuickTime File Format[33], MPEG-4 Part 14[34], Audio Video Interleave[35], Windows Media Video[36], MPEG-1 program stream[37], MPEG-2 program stream[38], FLV[39], 3GPP file format[40], 3GPP2 file format[41], WebM[42]
  • Title: YouTube[43]
  • Official blog URL: https://blog.youtube/[44]
  • Short name: YouTube[45]
  • Different from: YouTube[46]
  • Copyright holder: Google[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . youtube.com. Retrieved . youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . apps.apple.com. Retrieved . apps.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Google Play. play.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . support.google.com. Retrieved . support.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . blog.youtube. Retrieved . blog.youtube. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Maxime.doussin · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Small logo or icon → YouTube social white squircle.svg
    Google play store app id → com.google.android.youtube
    App store age rating → 12+
    Short name → YouTube
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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