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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.	Snap Snap is a company that provides technology and social media services.	ByteDance ByteDance is a technology company operating a range of content platforms that inform, educate, entertain, and inspire people.	Twitter Twitter is a company that provides a social networking platform.	Twitch Twitch is a company that develops a social video platform and community for gamers, video game culture, and the creative arts.	Facebook Facebook is a company providing an online social networking service.
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
Tags	Tags Media & Entertainment Technology platform social networks video content	Tags Technology messaging mobile app photo sharing platform social networks video wearables	Tags Technology application software discovery platform mobile app video content	Tags Technology messaging mobile app platform social networks	Tags Media & Entertainment games platform streaming video video technology	Tags Technology messaging mobile app photo sharing platform social networks
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 San Francisco, US HQ Sydney, AU São Paulo, BR Paris, FR Berlin, DE Hamburg, DE Tokyo, JP 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 93,4752% increase	Employees 3,19511% increase	Employees 30,000	Employees 4,90025% increase	Employees 11,6424% increase	Employees 60,6543% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 83.3 b	Valuation ($) 75 b	Valuation ($) 42.9 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 904.7 b
Twitter followers	Twitter followers 73.2 m	Twitter followers 65.2 k	Twitter followers 15	Twitter followers 59.6 m	Twitter followers 8.4 m	Twitter followers 13.3 m
Number of tweets (last 30 days)	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 483	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 1	Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 35	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 105	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 110
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days)	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 338.1	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 6	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 12.5 k	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.9 k	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 83.6
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days)	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 91.3%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100%	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) 48.18%
Alexa Website Rank	Alexa Website Rank 2	Alexa Website Rank 56870	Alexa Website Rank 41650	Alexa Website Rank 43	Alexa Website Rank 35	Alexa Website Rank 7
Employee Rating	Employee Rating 4.4	Employee Rating N/A	Employee Rating N/A	Employee Rating 4.2	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 1.8 b (FY, 2020)
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) 308 m (FY, 2020)
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) 598 m (FY, 2020)
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 2.8 b (FY, 2020)
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 $7.9 (Q3, 2020)
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 $ 1.5b	Total funding raised $ 35m	Total funding raised $ 16.1b