YouTube Set to Beat Netflix As the Biggest Video Streaming Business: While also considered a social media platform, the Google-owned site's focus on video makes it a big rival for streamers like Netflix. And although Netflix has long been the biggest by revenue, YouTube's continued growth has it poised to beat it as soon as this year, according to Neil Campling, an analyst at Mirabaud Equity Research.
YouTube's ad revenue was $7.2 billion in the third quarter, up 43% from a year earlier. Meanwhile Netflix, with quarterly revenue of $7.5 billion, grew 16% during the same period.
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