{"id":41835,"date":"2025-04-23T19:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=41835"},"modified":"2025-04-23T19:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:48:06","slug":"how-much-is-youtube-worth-see-valuation-as-company-turns-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=41835","title":{"rendered":"How Much Is YouTube Worth? See Valuation as Company Turns 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>YouTube turns 20 this year, and if it were a standalone business, it would be worth between $475 billion and $550 billion, according to analysts at MoffettNathanson, per CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, that would place it on the biggest companies in the world list around No. 16, in between No. 15 Visa ($656B market cap) and No. 17 Mastercard ($494B market cap). For context, JPMorgan, the largest bank in the U.S., is No. 14 with a $680B market cap.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> This Platform Beats Apple and Spotify With 1 Billion Podcast Viewers Every Month<\/p>\n<p>The first video on YouTube was cofounder Jawed Karim&#8217;s &#8220;Me at the Zoo&#8221;. The 19-second spot of Karim jokingly describing the elephant&#8217;s &#8220;cool&#8221; trunks at the San Diego Zoo launched the company to nearly overnight success: A year later, in 2006, Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The video has more than 355,000,000 views.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Me at the zoo\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jNQXAC9IVRw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, YouTube is now the No. 2 most visited website in the world, per SEMRush, behind Google. Both companies are currently owned by Alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>However, since Google has been ruled a &#8220;monopolist&#8221; twice in less than a year (last week and in August 2024) and is back in court this week regarding the DOJ&#8217;s request for the tech giant to sell its Chrome browser, or other assets, like YouTube, to remedy, it&#8217;s unclear if the video giant will stay a part of Alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>A judge will decide by August.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b>&#8216;Views May Be Higher&#8217;: YouTube Just Made a Change to Shorts That Will Increase View Counts \u2014 and Possibly Earnings<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/how-much-is-youtube-worth-see-valuation-as-company-turns-20\/490479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube turns 20 this year, and if it were a standalone business, it would be worth between $475 billion and $550 billion, according to analysts at MoffettNathanson, per CNBC. 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