Enjoy your favorite videos and channels with the official YouTube app.
Official YouTube app by Google brings worldwide video discovery, creation, and community interaction to Android. With top rankings in US, DK, and GB and a massive install base, it delivers personalized recommendations, channel subscriptions, and family-friendly viewing across devices. This app shows 10,000,000,000+ total downloads and 240M in the last 30 days.
Pros & Cons
Official Google app with trusted brand and global reach
Massive creator ecosystem including channels, live streams, and premieres
Strong personalization and easy access to subscriptions, library, and history
Family-focused options (YouTube Kids) and Premium perks such as ad-free viewing
Some experiences are available only in select countries (as noted in the long description)
Discovery, analytics, and advanced insights strengths highlighted by competitors are not explicitly marketed in the core app description
TV-focused experiences or Shorts-specific features are not emphasized in the core feature set
About YouTube
YouTube is a video players & editors app developed by Google LLC.
Download Statistics
YouTube has been downloaded 23 billion times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 240 million times. It is ranked #2 in video players & editors.
User Ratings
YouTube is rated 3.79 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 160 million ratings.
App Information
YouTube is FREE to download. The APK download size is 123.41 MB. The latest version available is 21.23.483. The last update was on June 4, 2026.
Technical Requirements
YouTube requires Android 10+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Medium Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play October 2010.
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Please add an option to hide or disable the permanent overlay media controls (play, pause, next, previous) on YouTube Shorts. They stay on the screen and completely block the video, which seriously reduces the enjoyment of watching short-form content. These buttons are unnecessary because we can already swipe to change videos and tap to pause. At the very least, make them auto-hide after a few seconds or give us a toggle in Settings to turn them off completely. Please fix this
★★★★★Rajendra Prasad· Aug 30, 2026
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★★★★☆Arthur Marquis· Aug 15, 2026
While I am quite enjoying my membership. I also am remiss to not explain the 4-star rating. My annual subscription does not renew. I don't get the same price as what I subscribed to. Why? Because I can be "gotten" for more, and they know this. Why am I a product that can be exploited? How would YouTube feel if I exploited their product? They would involve legal teams and kill me if they could legally. Why am I expected to pay more? They have new subscribers every year? Pass those savings on to tm
★★☆☆☆Daniel Andreas· Aug 11, 2026
I go to YT to watch entertaining videos, not seeing unskippable ads that make the video laggy after the ad was finished. Hope this helps
★☆☆☆☆Gareth Duggan· Aug 20, 2026
Not as good as the iPhone app on iPhone the home screen feed auto plays in mute whilst you scroll. on Samsung Galaxy fold 8, this feature is not available, this is shocking. It does however do this on subscriptions tab weirdly. Sort this out
★★☆☆☆Marius Zaharie B· Aug 20, 2026
I really like to opt out from shorts in the main feed, at least for premium users, please! I didn't change the autoplay setting. Don't mess with that setting! ___ Today background play no longer works __ ____ why do I pay premium if comments don't load??
★☆☆☆☆Syukran Ashaari· Aug 30, 2026
The amount of ads is throwing me off at this point. Most are inappropriate, private, just like Zeta. Their ads are disturbing, and most of them say: Do you like my lips, my hands, my clothes AND, THE MOST DISTURBING PART IS THE WORD "DO YOU LIKE ME AS YOUR GIRLFRIEND"? NO. Since when did YouTube became entertainment to porn? Not only that, but Maple story, nah. BUT ZETA.
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Trust & Safety: The app requests a broad set of permissions typical for a feature-rich video platform, including location, camera, microphone, storage, accounts, notifications, and foreground services, plus ad identifiers and device access. This aligns with standard safety expectations for a large media app, with platform protections from Google Play and Play Protect in place to help mitigate risk.
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