What is YouTube?

The social media platform YouTube is a free video sharing website that makes it easy to watch online videos. You can even create and upload your own videos to share with others.

Originally created in 2005, YouTube is now one of the most popular sites on the Web, with visitors watching around 6 billion hours of video every month.

One reason YouTube is so popular is the sheer number of videos you can find.

On average, 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, so there’s always something new to watch!