Screen time: why the world can't get enough of YouTube

对YouTube欲罢不能

Money Talks from The Economist

2024-09-13

36 分钟
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Americans spend more time in front of their TVs watching YouTube than Netflix. And the videos they are watching on the platform are, increasingly, of the quality that you might expect from the streaming giant. But for the producers of that content, the business models could not be more different. So how did YouTube come to dominate the TV screen? Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin and Mike Bird. Guests: The Economist's media editor Tom Wainwright; Abi Watson of Enders Analysis; and Jubilee Media's founder Jason Y. Lee. Transcripts of our podcasts are available via economist.com/podcasts. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hey, Mike.

  • Hey, mate. How's it going?

  • Doing all right. Doing all right. How are you, Mike?

  • Yeah, not too bad.

  • So, we are starting this week by watching a video that you've prepared for us, Tom.

  • That is correct.

  • I'm getting very, it's the last day of term.

  • The summer holiday is about to start.

  • You're the supply teacher.

  • You can't be bothered to prepare a lesson, sort of vibes from this.

  • Well, to be honest, I wasn't really sure how much time you spend on YouTube, Mike.

  • So I wanted to force you to watch something by Mr. Beast.

  • Because I don't imagine you are sit down to watch much of this stuff usually.

  • I actually do end up watching quite a lot of YouTube.

  • I'm quite sort of into the format, but I am intrigued to watch this Mr. Beast video.

  • Well, he is, in fact, the most popular YouTuber.

  • So I wanted to make sure you know what we're talking about today.

  • So, should we have a watch?

  • This is because you had to listen to Taylor Swift a couple of weeks ago, isn't it?