YouTube Surprise: CEO Says TV Overtakes Mobile as 'Primary Device' for Viewing

If there was any doubt before, this seals it: YouTube is in the TV business. According to Neal Mohan, YouTube's CEO, TV screens have officially overtaken mobile as the 'primary device for YouTube viewing in the U.S.' In other words, more people are watching YouTube on TV sets than any other device, at least here in the U.S. From a report: It is, as Mohan writes in his annual letter from the CEO, an indication that 'YouTube is the new television.'

'But the 'new' television doesn't look like the 'old' television,' Mohan writes. 'It's interactive and includes things like Shorts (yes, people watch them on TVs), podcasts, and live streams, right alongside the sports, sitcoms and talk shows people already love.'

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