The grainy 19-second YouTube video that started it all hardly had the makings of a viral sensation. Shot at the San Diego Zoo, the primitive video clip showed Jawed Karim, the platform’s co-founder, ...

On May 10, 2019, the famed YouTube beauty influencer Tati Westbrook posted a 43-minute video that forever changed the course of internet culture. The video, titled “BYE SISTER,” was a takedown of ...

YouTube continues to flex its muscles as an advertising powerhouse, again delivering double-digit sales growth in Q3 2025, as parent Alphabet recorded its first quarter with more than $100 billion in ...

Polygon’s latest series, The Masterpieces of Streaming, looks at the new batch of classics that have emerged from an evolving era of entertainment. The genre of “Dumb Internet Video” has evolved ...

Over the years, Google has axed a number of YouTube features that were previously mainstays of the video platform - here are ...

YouTuber and streamer Marlon made a lot of internet users cringe the other day when he dropped a since-deleted video about "fooling the internet" on his channel. A series of memes and jokes have ...

One month ago, a dog I have never met died. His owners are YouTubers Simon and Martina, a Canadian couple who make videos about the delicious food they eat in Tokyo, where they live. After their ...

In today’s times, the word “YouTube” and its logo are familiar to virtually every person over the age of two. The multibillion dollar platform boasts billions of users around the world and is the ...

The YouTube channel Jubilee, which is known for its debate-style videos, is facing backlash online after a participant in a recent show self-identified as a fascist. The incident has roiled the ...

YouTube down: For a brief but chaotic evening in the United States, YouTube, the world’s biggest video platform, went silent ... Within minutes, the internet was buzzing with complaints. According to ...

Social media influencer preparing food for her YouTube food channel. As people spend more time at home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, various television and video services have reported that ...

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