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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on AI, Censorship & the Future of Creators

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(0:00) Introducing YouTube CEO Neal Mohan (1:08) YouTube's revenue split with creators (7:30) How Neal thinks about enabling monoculture and connective threads at YouTube (11:23) Censorship on YouTube, demonetization decisions, dealing with different re...

Highlights

In this episode, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan discusses the platform's evolving role in global media, creator empowerment, and technological innovation. With billions of daily views and a rapidly expanding ecosystem, YouTube continues to shape how content is created, consumed, and monetized worldwide.
01:11
YouTube has paid over $70 billion to the creator economy in the last three years.
07:31
A recent Brazil game on YouTube created a new type of water-cooler moment with broad creator engagement.
11:26
Most of YouTube's content is from creators and music, not social media discourse.
22:59
YouTube Premium originated as a music subscription and now has 125 million users.
26:47
Creators will have control over AI-generated content using their likeness

Chapters

Introducing YouTube CEO Neal Mohan
00:00
YouTube’s revenue split with creators
01:08
How Neal thinks about enabling monoculture and connective threads at YouTube
07:30
Censorship on YouTube, demonetization decisions, dealing with different regimes and laws globally
11:23
YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and channel subscriptions
19:58
Generative AI on YouTube: labeling AI, likeness concerns, possibilities
24:00

Transcript

Neal Mohan: The man himself, CEO of YouTube. I didn't realize that when I took over the CEO gig, a big part of my job would be being a straight man. For a lot of YouTubers out there. YouTube is now by far the biggest streamer in the world. Shorts, I think,...