With over 500 hours of content uploaded to YouTube every minute, finding what you need would be nearly impossible without some help sorting through all of the videos. YouTube’s search ranking system does just that by sorting through loads of videos to find the most relevant and useful results to your search query, and presenting… Read More »
YouTube responded to the global COVID-19 crisis Since the outbreak of COVID-19, YouTube has remained committed to help people access authoritative health and news information on our platform. We’ve approached COVID-19 by building on the policies, resources, and products we’ve invested in over the past few years to live up to our responsibility. We’ve also… Read More »
We believe technology should improve life, not distract from it, so we’re committed to giving you the resources you need to develop a healthy relationship with technology. We have built a set of tools to provide a better understanding of how you spend time on YouTube, so you can make informed decisions about how you… Read More »
YouTube’s main source of revenue is advertising. Additionally, we earn money from our monthly subscription businesses such as YouTube Premium. We’ve also developed tools to help eligible Creators earn money in a variety of other ways such as Super Chat, channel memberships, and merchandise. In most cases, Creators and YouTube share revenue generated from these channels. How does YouTube… Read More »
We have invested millions of dollars to develop a Copyright Management Suite designed to balance the needs of the entire ecosystem. We work with rights holders and Creators of all types to match them to the appropriate features based on the scale of their content on YouTube and the capabilities they’ve dedicated to responsibly manage… Read More »
YouTube maintain user privacy We understand at YouTube and across Google that when you use our services, you’re trusting us with your information. This is a big responsibility and we work hard to protect your information and put you in control. For example, Google’s Privacy Policy is designed to give you transparency over what information we collect,… Read More »
We’re always looking at ways to create an appropriate environment for family content on YouTube, so we invest heavily in the policies, technology, and teams that help provide kids and families with the best protection possible. What is YouTube Kids? YouTube Kids is a separate app built from the ground up to be a safer… Read More »
Does YouTube do to prevent bias? We work hard to ensure that our systems are not designed to be biased against content belonging to individuals or groups based on political viewpoints or other attributes like gender or sexual orientation. Our platform has always been about sharing information everywhere and giving many different people a voice.… Read More »
With so many users around the world coming to YouTube to learn about political leaders, participate in civic engagement, and develop informed opinions about current events, we have a responsibility to support an informed citizenry and foster healthy political discourse. To deliver on this responsibility, we remove policy-violative content, raise authoritative news sources, reduce the… Read More »
YouTube contribute to radicalization We work hard to protect users from extremist content. We address extremist content by removing videos that violate our hate speech policy and violent criminal organizations policy. Our recommendation systems significantly limit the reach of borderline content and harmful misinformation that brushes up against the policy line but does not cross it. What policies address… Read More »