What Is YouTube

                           What is YouTube 

 YouTube is a video platform driven by two types of users. 

Video creators: People who have channels and upload videos and other people views in the videos to those channels. 

Video viewers: People who watch videos, interact with videos, and subscribe like and share to channels in the other people. 

You can be both a creator and a viewer. If you have your own channel and upload videos and, chances are you also use YouTube to watch other people's videos. 

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Step 1: Who Uses YouTube

Anyone with access to a computer or mobile device connection can watch YouTube content and shares their own, YouTube is for everyone.  

User base ranges from young to old,  YouTube is particularly popular among younger people who prefer the variety of content, interactive components, of YouTube video content over traditional television. 

YouTube is available in nearly every country and over fifty-five languages. Since it's owned by Google, all you need is a Google account to create a YouTube account and start using it. 

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Step 2: Who to create a YouTube Account

There are many benefits to creating and using a YouTube account, never you plan on using it for creating your own channel to upload videos. 

With a YouTube account,   

  • subscribe to  your favorite channels,  you can easily find their latest videos.  
  • Receive notifications from channels when they upload new videos. 
  • Support your favorite videos,  liking them and leaving comments. 
  • Get personalized recommendations for videos to watch on the home page, based on your viewing history.  
  • Save videos to watch later. 
  • Create your own public or private video playlists. 

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Step 3:  Watching YouTube Videos 

There are all sorts of ways you can watch YouTube videos. 

 Downloading the YouTube mobile app for iOS or Android and watching a suggested video or searching for one. 

Watching a YouTube video that was embedded into a web page or blog post. 

Watching a YouTube video by clicking a link to a video that is shared by email, text message, social media, or another method. 

To get personalized video suggestions, create playlists, comment on other videos, and subscribe to channels, you must create a YouTube account or associate an existing global Google account with the new YouTube account.  

Step 4: Share YouTube  Videos 

If you find a video you enjoy and want to share it with others Peoples and friends,  you have multiple options for sharing it.  

Email sharing is available in YouTube.  

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Step 5: Subscribe YouTube  Videos 

Another way to keep up with the people whose videos you enjoy is to subscribe to that user's account. That way, every time they upload something, you are notified. It's as simple as clicking the Subscribe button on the video information page.  

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Step 5: Save YouTube  Videos 

Since there's such a wealth of content on YouTube, the platform makes it easy to save videos. 

To add a video to your Watch Later list, click the Save button and then choose the list to which you want to add the video.  

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The Save button on YouTube

Step 6: Upload YouTube  Videos

You're in good company. Feel like sharing your home videos with the world. 

There are hundreds of thousands of people around the world that upload videos every day to YouTube. 

All you need to do is select Create, find the video on your computer, fill out the necessary fields and upload the video. 

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