YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is the second most visited website, right after Google itself.

Anime-related info
Many users illegally upload anime episodes and movies to the site, but they are usually low quality and are often taken down either due to detection by algorithm, user complains, of takedown notices.

Until recently only some anime were legitimately released on YouTube, but usually only short form series at most. Many, many anime teasers and trailers are released both officially and unofficially.

YouTube Premium
Sometimes includes anime content. YouTube Premium (2018+; formerly YouTube Red 2015-2018; started as Music Key in 2014) is YouTube's premium subscription service. It offers advertising-free streaming, access to original programming, and background and offline video playback on mobile devices.

YouTube TV
Includes anime as part of channel packages. It is basically a streaming replacement for cable packages. On February 28, 2017, in a press announcement held at YouTube Space Los Angeles, YouTube announced YouTube TV, an over-the-top MVPD-style subscription service that would be available for United States customers at a price of US$35 per month. Initially launching in five major markets (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco) on April 5, 2017.

YouTube Movies
Sometime includes anime movies. YouTube Movies (2018+?) is a service by YouTube that shows movies via its website. Many of the movies are free to view, with ads.

AnimeLog
In late 2020, a channel for legitimate release of anime series by several right holders was launched called AnimeLog (aka anilog) which had only previously been available to Japanese YouTube viewers. However, the channel generally only releases older, somewhat obscure anime as of early 2022.