This document discusses the rise of social media platforms for sharing videos like YouTube. It notes that YouTube had its first video uploaded in 2005 and by 2010 was hosting 13 million hours of videos uploaded per year. The document then covers best practices for creating successful video content for YouTube, such as focusing on authenticity, entertainment, intimacy, and unusual angles. It also provides data on viewer drop off rates over the first two minutes of watch time. Finally, it discusses monetization strategies like YouTube's Partner Program and shares an example of a successful YouTube cooking channel.