Hollywood Torrent: YouTube the Conqueror, HBO topples Netflix, Apple podcast scoop

Good afternoon from Los Angeles, wherever you may be. Let’s start with a fact: YouTube is the most powerful online video company in the world. It is more popular than Netflix, makes more money than Instagram and dwarfs Snap, Twitter and TikTok.

Its power is often underappreciated because of how ubiquitous it is, much like its owner, Google. People all over the world turn to YouTube when searching for a video or a song. If Google is the most popular search engine in the world, YouTube may very well be second.