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I've never seen anybody who's made a serious attempt to look at the numbers claim YouTube is profitable. All say the opposite. Some random examples: CBS Marke

I've never seen anybody who's made a serious attempt to look at the numbers claim YouTube is profitable. All say the opposite. Some random examples: CBS Marketwatch: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/4-reasons-youtube-still-doesnt-make-a-profit/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/4-reasons-youtube-still-doesnt-... Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-still-doesnt-make-google-any-money-2015-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-still-doesnt-make-goo... Motley Fool: https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/03/01/youtube-isnt-profitable-so-what-should-google-inc.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/03/01/youtube-is... And none of these include this year's Adpocolypse.

criddell 9y ago
Those are all from 2015 where the weren't profitable. Look for something more recent. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-youtube-20161027-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-y... http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/alphabet-earnings-up-as-ads-surge-on-youtube-and-mobile-devices/ http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/alphabet-earnings-up-as-ads-su... https://seekingalpha.com/article/4096345-google-youtubes-potential-exponential-growth-hidden-plain-sight https://seekingalpha.com/article/4096345-google-youtubes-pot... https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0129/How-YouTube-and-mobile-search-drove-revenue-for-Google-s-parent-company https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0129/How-YouTube-and... https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-will-earn-9bn-in-revenue-this-year-towering-over-spotify/ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-will-earn-9bn... http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/google-youtube-alphabet-q1-2017-1202401702/ http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/google-youtube-alphabet... Even if YouTube isn't profitable today (and I think they are), the growth indicates they will be soon. > And none of these include this year's Adpocolypse. That's true. That could be interesting for sure. The Variety link talks about it a little bit.

criddell 9y ago

Those are all from 2015 where the weren't profitable. Look for something more recent. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-youtube-20161027-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-y... http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/alphabet-earnings-up-as-ads-surge-on-youtube-and-mobile-devices/ http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/alphabet-earnings-up-as-ads-su... https://seekingalpha.com/article/4096345-google-youtubes-potential-exponential-growth-hidden-plain-sight https://seekingalpha.com/article/4096345-google-youtubes-pot... https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0129/How-YouTube-and-mobile-search-drove-revenue-for-Google-s-parent-company https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0129/How-YouTube-and... https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-will-earn-9bn-in-revenue-this-year-towering-over-spotify/ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-will-earn-9bn... http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/google-youtube-alphabet-q1-2017-1202401702/ http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/google-youtube-alphabet... Even if YouTube isn't profitable today (and I think they are), the growth indicates they will be soon. > And none of these include this year's Adpocolypse. That's true. That could be interesting for sure. The Variety link talks about it a little bit.