YouTube is a web-based video-sharing website founded in San Francisco, California. Three former PayPal executives, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, founded the company in January 2005. Today, YouTube boasts nearly five million users. Google purchased the website for $1.65 billion in November 2006; YouTube currently operates as an independent subsidiary of the search giant. With an estimated fifty million users, YouTube already represents the most popular website in terms of traffic.

The website began as a way for Internet users to post short clips to share with friends and family. Today, YouTube features more than two hundred thousand videos, making it the largest film archive in the world. The videos are categorized according to categories like music videos, sport videos, movies, comedy videos, educational videos, home videos, and even educational videos. Users can also upload their own videos. To date, YouTube has hosted more than forty-five thousand videos, making it the most visited website by daily visitors.

YouTube was created for the purpose of providing access to the Internet for anyone who has an Internet connection. Unlike other websites that offer different forms of media, YouTube allows people to post videos about their lives, products, or any subject of interest to them. The best thing about YouTube is that anyone can upload videos to YouTube regardless of their skill, knowledge, or experience. This means that you can start making money from YouTube immediately. YouTube offers advertising on the videos as well as on its own website. The ads are relevant, unique, and in most cases, they are not annoying to viewers. You can get started making money from YouTube within just minutes.