haxxiy on 23 December 2023
^ I thought about buying that one too since the price is the lowest it has been, but man, the reviews seem rough.
No one knows how much YouTube costs to run, Alphabet has never divulged it. We didn't even know its revenue before 2020.
We do know though that YT streams around 50% more than Netflix, and Netflix's operating expenses are roughly $25 billion. YouTube made $29 billion from revenues and $11 million from Premium subscriptions last year.
Assuming higher server expenses for YT (all those old videos) and higher bandwidth expenses for Netflix (very likely) roughly cancel each other out, YT *should* be profitable, or right on the threshold.
