YouTube has completely dominated the entertainment space.YouTube is one of the biggest websites for online entertainment with almost any public video can be accessed on their website. YouTube has anything from movies to podcasts at the low low price of $0 dollars a month. They make all of their money from commercial ads that don’t even last 15 seconds. This allows companies to display their products or business to billions without viewers having to deal with 5 minute ad breaks.
YouTube TV has been on the scene for its amazing $72.99 Per month price while a study by All Connect says that the “average cable bill was $122 per month”. YouTube TV is an alternate platform separate from the website of YouTube its a streaming platform. and this has helped many people save a lot of money on their entertainment bill.
YouTube has been known to host stars such as Logan Paul co-owner of Prime energy and Mr. Beast who has the most amount of subscribers topping in at 335 million. Mr. Beast has been an outstanding name crossing all social media platforms. He is known for spending large amounts of money on ridiculous items just to give them back to his community. For example he gave whoever could hold their hand on a million dollars keep it. He has obtained millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok.
YouTube has released a feature known as YouTube shorts which competes for the spot of 1 minute scroll-able content. YouTube has taken a stab at the king that is TikTok who was the original Top platform for 1 minute content. The term “Scrolling” has been big name in news because it tackles the topic of getting addicted to these short entertainment videos. We watch one and then with one flick are addicted to another video and the cycle continues. There is so much possibility for market control and with YouTube’s success has taken its chunk or market share.
With TV entertainment and now short video content YouTube has shown its ability to change and revolutionize the entertainment space and will continue to spread until cable no longer exists.
