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YouTube's top competitors include Snap, ByteDance, Twitter, Twitch and Facebook.
| Save Comparison |  YouTube YouTube is a company that operates a video sharing platform, allowing users to upload, view, and share videos. |  ByteDance ByteDance is a technology company operating a range of content platforms that inform, educate, entertain, and inspire people. |  Twitch Twitch is a company that develops a social video platform and community for gamers, video game culture, and the creative arts. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 2005 | Founding Date 2011 | Founding Date 2012 | Founding Date 2006 | Founding Date 2011 | Founding Date 2004 |
Type | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Private | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations San Bruno, US HQ Rio De Janeiro, BR Paris, FR Berlin, DE Minato City, JP London, GB Los Angeles, US see more | Locations Santa Monica, US HQ Sydney, AU Toronto, CA Shenzhen, CN Paris, FR Hamburg, DE Kfar Yehoshua, IL see more | Locations Beijing, CN HQ Rio De Janeiro, BR Sao Paulo, BR Vancouver, CA Shanghai, CN Cairo, EG Bordeaux, FR see more | Locations San Francisco, US HQ Sydney, AU Brussel, BE São Paulo, BR Toronto, CA Paris, FR Berlin, DE see more | Locations Menlo Park, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Docklands, AU Sydney, AU Bruxelles, BE Brasilia, BR São Paulo, BR see more | |
Employees | Employees 105,8221% increase | Employees 3,19511% increase | Employees 30,000 | Employees 5,50012% increase | Employees 13,4973% increase | Employees 63,4045% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 113.5 b | Valuation ($) 75 b | Valuation ($) 50.4 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 926.9 b |
Twitter followers | Twitter followers 73.5 m | Twitter followers 72 k | Twitter followers N/A | Twitter followers 60.3 m | Twitter followers 8.7 m | Twitter followers 13.5 m |
Number of tweets (last 30 days) | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 876 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 2 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 51 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 68 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 20 |
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 350.7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 97.5 k | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.8 k | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 10.7 k |
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 90.07% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% |
Alexa Website Rank | Alexa Website Rank 2 | Alexa Website Rank 56360 | Alexa Website Rank 49378 | Alexa Website Rank 39 | Alexa Website Rank 35 | Alexa Website Rank 7 |
Employee Rating | Employee Rating 4.3 | Employee Rating 4.1 | Employee Rating 4.3 | Employee Rating 4.1 | Employee Rating 3.9 | Employee Rating 4.3 |
Financial | ||||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $14b (Y, 2018) | Revenue (est.) $2.5b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) $17.2b (Y, 2019) | Revenue (est.) $3.7b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $86b (FY, 2020) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $324.3m (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $1.4b (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $16.7b (FY, 2020) |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $2.2b (FY, 2020) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $2.3b (FY, 2020) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $69.3b (FY, 2020) |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income ($944.8m) (FY, 2020) | Net income $3b (Y, 2019) | Net income ($1.1b) (FY, 2020) | Net income N/A | Net income $29.1b (FY, 2020) |
Operating ⚠ | ||||||
ARPU | ARPU N/A | ARPU N/A | ARPU N/A | ARPU $2.1 (Q2, 2018) | ARPU N/A | ARPU $32 (FY, 2020) |
Cost per User | Cost per User N/A | Cost per User $1 (Q1, 2018) | Cost per User N/A | Cost per User $0.7 (Q2, 2018) | Cost per User N/A | Cost per User $1.5 (Q2, 2018) |
Daily Active Users | Daily Active Users N/A | Daily Active Users 265 m (Q4, 2020) | Daily Active Users 700 m (Jul, 2019) | Daily Active Users 152 m (Q4, 2019) | Daily Active Users 10 m (Dec, 2019) | Daily Active Users 1.9 b (Q2, 2021) |
Daily Active Users (Europe) | Daily Active Users (Europe) N/A | Daily Active Users (Europe) 71 m (Q2, 2020) | Daily Active Users (Europe) N/A | Daily Active Users (Europe) N/A | Daily Active Users (Europe) N/A | Daily Active Users (Europe) 195 m (Q2, 2021) |
Daily Active Users (Rest of World) | Daily Active Users (Rest of World) N/A | Daily Active Users (Rest of World) 77 m (Q2, 2020) | Daily Active Users (Rest of World) N/A | Daily Active Users (Rest of World) N/A | Daily Active Users (Rest of World) N/A | Daily Active Users (Rest of World) 618 m (Q2, 2021) |
Monthly Active Users | Monthly Active Users 2 b (May, 2019) | Monthly Active Users N/A | Monthly Active Users 1.5 b (Jul, 2019) | Monthly Active Users N/A | Monthly Active Users N/A | Monthly Active Users 2.9 b (Q2, 2021) |
Quarterly ARPU | Quarterly ARPU N/A | Quarterly ARPU $1.9 (Q2, 2020) | Quarterly ARPU N/A | Quarterly ARPU N/A | Quarterly ARPU N/A | Quarterly ARPU $10.1 (Q2, 2021) |
Quarterly ARPU (Europe) | Quarterly ARPU (Europe) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Europe) $1.1 (Q2, 2020) | Quarterly ARPU (Europe) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Europe) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Europe) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Europe) $11 (FY, 2018) |
Quarterly ARPU (Rest of World) | Quarterly ARPU (Rest of World) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Rest of World) $0.9 (Q2, 2020) | Quarterly ARPU (Rest of World) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Rest of World) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Rest of World) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (Rest of World) $2.1 (FY, 2018) |
Quarterly ARPU (US & Canada) | Quarterly ARPU (US & Canada) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (US & Canada) $3.4 (Q2, 2020) | Quarterly ARPU (US & Canada) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (US & Canada) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (US & Canada) N/A | Quarterly ARPU (US & Canada) $34.9 (FY, 2018) |
Funding | ||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised $ 11.5m | Total funding raised $ 4.9b | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 2.7b | Total funding raised $ 35m | Total funding raised $ 16.1b |
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HQ
Beijing, CN
Employees
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Twitter
HQ
San Francisco, US
Employees
5,500↑ 12% increase
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San Francisco, US
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