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"YouTube is still not profitable." Are you sure? https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/#6 https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statisti
by karanganesan 7y ago
"YouTube is still not profitable." Are you sure?
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/#6 https://www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/#6
- scarface74 7y agoThat’s revenue - not profit.
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoRevenue is not profit. If you search around, analysts mostly suspect YouTube is either not profitable or only slightly profitable.
- ConceptJunkie 7y agoGoogle isn't in it for just the money. They want to control our thinking as well, and given the kind of censorship that is happening on YouTube, if it is operating at a loss, they may not mind because it has other less tangible benefits.
- scarface74 7y agoFor profit public corporations do everything for the money. There is no ulterior motive.
- arbitrary_name 7y agoGas stations make hardly any profit on gasoline. The margins on snacks, on the other hand... Youtube or other platforms may not make strong profits themselves, but contribute strategically or operationally to the overall Alphabet bottom line. So the discussion here is not 'Is Youtube making a profit' but 'Does Youtube contribute, directly or indirectly, to the overall Google/Alphabet enterprise strategy?'. In that case, it is entirely possible for major acquisitions to not appear to be 'for the money' but are still essential in driving shareholder value.