What is YouTube?
YouTube is a video streaming platform, which offers users the opportunity to view and upload videos.
It was created in 2005 by three former employees of PayPal.
YouTube has become one of the most popular websites in the world, with more than 1.5 billion users and over 300 hours of video uploaded every minute.
It is now considered as a global cultural phenomenon and continues to grow in popularity with every passing day.
How do you use YouTube?
Youtube is a video-sharing platform where users can upload, share and view videos. The benefits of using Youtube are that it allows you to create videos, share your videos with other people, comment on other people’s videos and share content with your friends.
When getting started with YouTube, most people just watch videos. Youtube is the second most popular search engine in the world.
You can access YouTube from a browser or from the YouTube app that is available for most devices.
How much does YouTube cost?
YouTube is completely free to use, you will however see ads in the videos that you watch. There is a premium option that you can pay a monthly fee for. This will allow you to watch the videos without any ads.
Most people watch using the free tier. There is a lot of amazing content on YouTube that creators make for you on any topic that you can imagine.
What kind of content is available on YouTube?
The content on YouTube is mostly created by users. It is possible to buy movies through YouTube, but people mostly watch content created by people like me. 🙂 You can also watch live streams.
If you enjoy a video you can click on a like button. You can also share a video with others or add it to a playlist.
If you dislike a video, there is a dislike button. The like and dislike buttons help train the YouTube algorithms to show you videos that you will enjoy.
You can also comment on a video, however, be warned, the YouTube comments section can sometimes be toxic.
Playlists
Playlists are a great way to save videos for later viewing. There is even a special watch later playlist that you can quickly save videos to. You can create your own playlists and organise videos that you want to watch later or watch again.
Have Fun!
There are many amazing videos on YouTube and it’s all completely free. There are even some live sports events, for example MLB broadcasts live baseball games on YouTube. I guarantee that there is a video on YouTube that you will enjoy. Whether it is knitting, hurling or even a channel that tries to explain the big questions of the universe in cartoon form, there is something for everyone.