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YouTube

American  
[yoo-toob, -tyoob] / ˈyuˌtub, -ˌtyub /
Trademark.

  1. a brand name for a website on which users can post, view, or share videos.

verb (used with or without object)

YouTubed, YouTubing

  1. to post, view, or share (a video) on the YouTube website.

YouTube British  
/ ˈjuːˌtjuːb /

noun

  1. a website on which subscribers can post video files

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to post (a video file) on the YouTube website

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But when junior staffers collected data showing that viewers in several markets used the function regularly on YouTube, Hastings changed his mind.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Notaro frequently exhorts listeners to watch the show on YouTube, which she said is a “joking nudge” to listeners and a running gag among the hosts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Greg Silverman, global director of brand economics at Interbrand, notes that strong content curation is important as Netflix faces intensifying competition from YouTube and live TV platforms, along with possible consumer pushback on price hikes.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Khalid, who has around 5,000 followers on YouTube, had apologised in November 2024 saying he "didn't understand the significance of the statue".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The video was about yarn structure, which probably wasn’t interesting to most people, but the knitters who subscribed to Grandma’s YouTube channel loved the nitty-gritty details.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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