# YouTube

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: You Tube, YouTube channel, youtube.com, YT

[Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google)'s video sharing site, where anyone can upload videos and viewers can watch and subscribe. Startups post [demos](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype), talks and tutorials there, and many people search it like a search engine.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) posts a two-minute product [demo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype) on YouTube and links it from the [pitch deck](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-deck).

Official site: <https://www.youtube.com>

## Connects to (7)

- [Social media](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/social-media): Sites and apps where people share posts, photos and videos and follow each other, such as LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.
- [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google): The company behind Google Search, Gemini and Google Cloud.
- [Vimeo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vimeo): A video hosting service aimed at businesses and creators.
- [Go-to-market](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/go-to-market): Your plan for reaching customers and getting them to buy: who you go after first, where you find them and how you sell.
- [SoundCloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/soundcloud): A site for uploading and sharing music and audio, popular with independent artists and podcasters.
- [OBS Studio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/obs-studio): Free, open-source software for recording and live-streaming video, mixing camera, screen and audio sources.
- [Video editing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/video-editing): Cutting, arranging and finishing recorded video, with titles, music and color, before it is published.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/youtube