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"Google, YouTube acquisition announcement could come tonight" Crazy to think how long Google has been betting on YT. Imagine telling someone 15 years ago that
by mkaic 5y ago
"Google, YouTube acquisition announcement could come tonight"
Crazy to think how long Google has been betting on YT. Imagine telling someone 15 years ago that YouTube was going to turn into the biggest entertainment entity ever.
- adventured 5y ago> Imagine telling someone 15 years ago that YouTube was going to turn into the biggest entertainment entity ever. Disney holds that crown. There's no likely scenario where YouTube by itself will surpass Disney, especially given how well Disney+ has performed. Netflix is also a lot more valuable than YouTube and far larger in terms of sales.
- 123jay7 5y agodisagree. i pay for Netflix and YouTube, but I get a lot more value out of YouTube.
- mupuff1234 5y agoIf you measure by market cap perhaps, but if measured by time watched YT probably comes up on top (but that's just guess)
- anxrn 5y agoDisney's market cap is about $320B, and Netflix at about $280B. It isn't unreasonable to expect that YouTube would be valued at at least that if it were valued independently (Alphabet overall is $1.9T - YouTube as 15% of that value seems reasonable). YouTube seems to be on track to overtaking Netflix this year in terms of revenue as well, if it hasn't already. [0] [0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-skyrocketing-sales-youtube-is-as-big-as-netflix-11627487889 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-skyrocketing-sales-yo...
- TedShiller 5y agoPeople are on YT literally all day long, for both long and short content. Not true for the other stuff you mentioned.
- Kiro 5y agoYouTube is bigger than Disney and Netflix combined.