Which company owns the YouTube video-sharing platform?

Alphabet owns the YouTube video-sharing platform.

Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion in Google stock. YouTube had been founded in 2005 by former PayPal employees Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, and the service quickly became a major destination for user-uploaded video.

Google became a subsidiary of Alphabet when Google reorganized its corporate structure in 2015. As a result, Alphabet is the parent company of YouTube, while Google remains the operating company most directly associated with the platform.

YouTube earns revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and paid content. It is distinct from Google Search, even though both businesses are part of the same corporate group. YouTube’s global audience and advertising business help explain why Alphabet ranks among the world’s largest companies by market capitalization.