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For example, it could be fascinating to see YouTube as a stand-alone company. Currently its revenues are masked under the "Google" part of Alphabet. It sounds l
by drewda 4y ago
For example, it could be fascinating to see YouTube as a stand-alone company. Currently its revenues are masked under the "Google" part of Alphabet. It sounds like it's extremely profitable. It could be interesting to see YouTube perform as an independent entity on public markets alongside other media entities, rather than bundled into a "tech" company.
- Konnstann 4y agoFrom what I've heard, and from the decisions Google keeps making regarding revenue sharing, ads, etc. YouTube loses them a lot of money due to video storage costs. I believe they even restrict the quality of uploads for some users now to combat that, but don't quote me.
- saagarjha 4y agoYouTube is profitable.
- nnurmanov 4y agoIMO, anything older than 3 years should be on paid plan. Save the planet, delete your old YouTube videos
- drewda 4y ago> In 2022, YouTube's advertising revenue accounted for approximately 11.35 percent of Google's total revenue. That year, the video platform's annual ad revenues amounted to 29.24 billion U.S. dollars, up from the 28.84 billion U.S. dollars in the previous year. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289659/youtube-share-of-google-total-ad-revenues https://www.statista.com/statistics/289659/youtube-share-of-...
- rippercushions 4y agoFor context, the sum total of Google's capex last year (offices, data centers, networking, everything) was around $30B. Meaning they could spend (almost!) every cent of that on YouTube video storage and still come out ahead.