Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years

shani66 , 1 month ago

It's wild that YouTube, owned by the only ad company that matters, isn't insanely profitable. They don't even need to degrade the service, Google could literally wipe corporations from the Internet if they didn't play ball.

BrikoX OP Mod , 1 month ago

People don't understand how much data costs. There is a reason YouTube was the only player for so long. And then the next player Twitch, who is also owned by multi billion-dollar corporation which subsidizes the operation, is also not profitable. There is Kick now, but they are baby without a plan, you are also operating in the negative.

umbrella , 1 month ago

of course. for every post there are 2 ads or more. its unusably bad and cant fathom how we normalized just scrolling through ads.

kautau , 1 month ago

That’s the reason YouTube is pushing shorts so hard. They want people to continuously stream short bytes of content with short ads, which pay out way better than long form videos with longer ads