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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/youtube_logo.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Slogans}} Broadcast Yourself.]]]]
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4	-> ''"What happens in D.C. stays on [=YouTube=]!"''
5	-->-- '''[[Creator/JeffDunham Walter]]'''
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7	[[https://www.youtube.com YouTube]] is TheInternet's most popular video-sharing {{platform\|s}}, that has achieved worldwide popularity since it launched in 2005. While the official purpose of the site is to host amateur videos and promotional clips, it is unofficially the place where you can watch copyrighted materials from all types of mediums, search for random/odd clips and/or check out the latest blog entries and videos from notable users. It was founded by programming students Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim; the idea came to Karim when he had trouble finding clips of two major events in 2004: The Boxing Day Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and later Music/JanetJackson's WardrobeMalfunction at that year's UsefulNotes/SuperBowl halftime show.
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9	Prior to Website/{{Google}}'s purchase of the company in November 2006, [=You=]Tube was a much smaller place. It hosted communication between individuals, who used it visually in otherwise the same manner as they had previously used Usenet or IRC. [=You=]Tube was also once the host of a number of people who had alternative news and media shows, but the opinions of such people were often extreme, or otherwise politically incorrect, and most of them have now been banned.
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11	Users can upload their videos on whatever subject they want (unless it violates the "Community Guidelines" or someone files a copyright claim). The quality often ranges from below Creator/EdWood-type works to studio-quality materials, depending on what it is. Surprisingly, a lot of the personal videos of individuals often do have something to say that are actually worth watching and listening to. Some of the material is actually supplied by studios, including music videos that were uploaded by authorized agents of the record company. It should be noted that [=YouTube=] is also a place to watch movies and shows that [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes have never been officially released]], or are [[NoExportForYou unavailable anywhere else]].
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13	A list of [=YouTubers=] with pages on this site can be found [[YouTubers HERE]].
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15	Works produced by [=YouTube=] itself include ''WebVideo/YouTubeRewind'' and WebVideo/WebdriverTorso.
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18	%%Due to the contentious nature of the site, and the fact the site itself isn't really tropable, please do not add tropes to this page. Thank you.
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20	!!This website is the TropeNamer for:
21	* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube
22	* PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel
23	* VirtualYouTuber
24	* YouTubeKidsChannel
25	* YouTubePoop
26	* YouTuberApologyParody
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28	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/youtube-meh_1118.png
29	->''This [[TheStinger stinger]] is no longer available due to a copyright claim by JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Studios.''\
30	''Sorry about that.''

Context Platform / YouTube