It's the premier video-sharing platform in the world.
Estimates are that some one billion hours of YouTube content are viewed each day - posted by the channel's 50 million creators.
With all those videos out there on the internet, it makes you wonder: how do creators make their product stand out and actually make money.
CGTN's Hendrik Sybrandy reports.
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