Ever wonder how YouTube works?

Every day, millions of people come to YouTube to be informed, inspired or just have fun. Over time, questions have come up about how YouTube works, so we've created this site to provide some answers ? and to explain what we're doing to foster a responsible platform that the users, creators and artists who make up our community can rely on.

Our commitments

Discover what we're doing for our community

Making YouTube safer

At the heart of our approach are the four Rs ? we Remove content that violates our policies, Reduce the spread of harmful misinformation and borderline material, Raise up authoritative sources for news and information and Reward trusted creators.

Managing harmful content

Curbing extremist content

Fostering youth safety

Preventing bias

Standing up to hate

Sharing revenue

Fighting misinformation

Supporting political integrity

Making YouTube more secure

Whatever you're looking for on YouTube, we want you to find peace of mind while you're there.

Protecting user data

Safeguarding copyright

Promoting digital wellbeing

Our products and policies

We want you to have the best possible experience while you're using YouTube. So, our products help you find what you're looking for and stay in control of what you see. Meanwhile, our policies explain what you can and cannot do while you're there, so that everyone plays by the same rules.

Read on to find out how each of our products and policies works.

Product features

YouTube Search

Ever wonder how YouTube works?

Making YouTube safer

Making YouTube more secure

Progress on managing harmful content

Our impact