What is YouTube Premium and should you use it?

Google's subscription-based service YouTube Premium promises to bring users a completely new experience on the largest video-sharing platform on the Internet today. In the following article, Mytour will provide detailed answers to your questions about what YouTube Premium is.

1. What is YouTube Premium?

As mentioned above, YouTube Premium (formerly known as YouTube Red) is Google's entirely new paid service, priced at $11.99 per month, providing users with an ad-free experience on all videos, offline viewing, and exclusive content on YouTube. Additionally, YouTube Premium includes YouTube Music Premium, priced at $9.99 per month.

2. YouTube Ecosystem

Here are some other services offered by YouTube:

- YouTube Premium: A paid service providing users with an ad-free YouTube experience.
- YouTube Music: An online music streaming service, including a dedicated app, allowing users to listen to music for free. YouTube Music is considered a formidable competitor to Spotify and Apple Music.
- YouTube Music Premium: The paid version of YouTube Music priced at $9.99 per month, enabling background playback, offline downloads, higher audio quality, and more.
- YouTube TV: A live TV streaming service similar to Hulu, allowing users to watch live TV and record DVR videos.
- YouTube Kids: An app designed specifically for children with appropriate and wholesome content.

3. Should You Use YouTube Premium

Below are some benefits of subscribing to and using YouTube Premium:
- Ad-free video viewing experience: By subscribing to YouTube Premium, users can enjoy ad-free video and music streaming on all devices logged into their Google account, including computers, phones, and streaming devices.

Background Playback: If you're on mobile, audio from the video you're watching will continue to play even when you're outside the app or if your phone screen is off. On Android, you can even watch picture-in-picture videos while using other apps on your phone.

- Video downloads: Users can download videos or playlists to watch offline on mobile devices.
- YouTube Music Premium: Finally, users have access to all services and features that come with the YouTube Premium package. Think carefully before deciding whether to subscribe to YouTube Premium or not.

4. Revenue sharing for content creators

YouTube Premium provides users with an ad-free video viewing experience while still sharing revenue with content creators.

YouTube allocates a portion of the total revenue they receive from Premium subscriptions to compensate content creators based on the total watch time of their videos.

Despite YouTube tightening its rules on earning money online, content creators can still earn revenue from Premium subscribers, even if their videos don't meet the ad criteria.

This article from Mytour just introduced you to what YouTube Premium is all about. If you have any questions or need clarification, such as different ways to download YouTube videos, feel free to leave your comments below the article.