What YouTube’s CEO Really Thinks About YouTube | The Circuit with Emily Chang

‪@emilychangtv‬ speaks with KZbin CEO Neal Mohan about the creator economy, staying atop the AI wave and transforming the platform into the world's biggest streamer.
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[@emilychangtv]

The most fun part of this interview by far was shooting my first KZbin Short with some pro tips from Neal. He was a really good sport and has surprisingly funny comic timing. I promise the slide was sneaky scary, but the helmet was just part of the gag :-) I hope you enjoy this one!

[@pedalesmexicali]

Did you record this interview the same day you interview Alphabet’s CEO?

[@goldnutter412]

These are great, keep it up Hope he sorts out the bot spam comments on anything with "crypto" or other finance keywords.. they come like flies to sh**

[@greedyboi8431]

do you have parents?

[@helloitsheena]

Emily, you could have done better in pronouncing 'Mohan' correctly atleast. Disappointing.

[@T2uyu]

@@greedyboi8431 don't be jealous

[@AngelTheDonator]

"Please add this feature: Allow me to choose channels that I do not want to be recommended. Some KZbinrs are so unpleasant that even a second of seeing them makes me feel sick."

[@TheSonneyOfficial]

Definitely. There a few huge names that I'm fed up of being suggested because I know their content is just a sales pitch

[@hottroddinn]

There is actually a feature in one of the "hacked" versions on Android devices. Definitely a lifesaver!

[@TinLeadHammer]

Whom are you quoting?

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin is a horrible company backed by google. With Disgusting Buisness practices.

[@PoliticalSeer-ii3wh]

Exactly I Agree With That We Should be Able to Block Channels, just Like you can do on Other Platforms

[@MrMz4eva]

KZbins main advantage is ease of use. It is like a google search so easy to use, which no other platform can come close to.

[@si8723]

Is easy until you stress tf out of you with all these ads this man is puting in every single video

[@hendrx]

The search is horrible now

[@greedyboi8431]

what namby pamby comment...

[@ivaerz4977]

KZbin sold out a long time ago

[@Linkiodotco]

KZbin is a censored platfrom and Google are an evil company.

[@K4IICHI]

Emily and the team have been killing it with these interviews and all the poignant questions. Too bad the people she's interviewing had way too much PR training.

[@jiamiekori6575]

The questions are presented beforehand, which means CEO and the team has time to rehearse and come up with meaningful and careful answers.

[@rabinraj15]

​@@jiamiekori6575 For real?? Questions given before the interview??

[@parkmjh]

One bad, unprepared answer could lead to a lawsuit or drop in their stock price. I don’t want that as a shareholder.😅

[@blazer9547]

He's npc

[@acidpandatv]

@@jiamiekori6575 ah man that blows if they're getting questions beforehand. no wonder it seems like these ceos don't have a clear stance on how their company can affect life - the vision always seems to be "just keeping up with the current of things to make sure investors are happy and our company is profitable"

[@marksolarz3756]

The comment section is the best part of You tube. The content may vary greatly. But the comments are the best most raw information. Often adding details to a story. Sometimes better then the censored news report.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin is a horrible company backed by google. With Disgusting Buisness practices. Cant even get the news reports with unskipable ads.

[@swarajdubey9829]

Watching about youtube's success on youtube is wild.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin is a horrible company backed by google. With Disgusting Buisness practices.

[@meradoordarshan9715]

Yes bro is wild 💀💀

[@JoelOman1980]

Tube-ception 😅

[@carljohnson6128]

what success? paajeet

[@bobuncle8704]

I’m virtually bed ridden. KZbin is such a big part of my existence. I love connecting with content creators, and would support when I could…until I found out they take 50% of things like super thanks. So we, as consumers, think we’re helping the people we want to support, then KZbin takes half of everything we’re giving to those people. In essence, when we think we’re being nice, and sending someone, say, $50. They only get $25, and YT says thank you so much.

[@sean640]

There's usually personal websites, that's why merch exists too but I don't necessarily want a bunch of shirts lol

[@changemakers1402]

KZbin doesn’t take anything from the money directly paid to creators

[@Thelegends96]

Looking online it seems they take a 30% cut (which is similar to ads revenue share iirc)

[@bobuncle8704]

@@Thelegends96 I was just going by what a creator, who I’ve known for some time, told me

[@Thelegends96]

@@bobuncle8704 Yep, could be your friend has a "management" taking a higher cut on top of the youtube one, but for most youtuber it should be 30% (which is still high, but comparable to other platform)

[@teenytinytoons]

So obsessed with Emily Chang. Bloomberg is very lucky to have her.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin is a horrible company backed by google. With Disgusting Buisness practices.

[@SuperRockstarVideos]

He tip toed around the OpenAI Sora question.

[@abhinavc]

I thought the same. He wasn't making as much eye contact when answering those questions

[@IxoraNera]

Well he can't just go say they are gonna sue on camera. They need think about long term benefits and harm. I'm more amazed by the women in chatgpt side avoiding the question so blatantly.

[@rocketscience777999]

He suddenly developed a stuttering problem when she asked him about using KZbin videos for AI. This guy is a terrible liar. When she asks him at the end of the video how he stays so calm all the time, his stuttering problem went away and he stated smiling agian.

[@Aldraz]

They should just straight up allow the AI to be trained on their videos, that would solve the problem. Because you can't really make an AGI without KZbin quickly, but with KZbin there's so much data you could upgrade AI extremely and it would know pretty much everything about the world.

[@Dalamain]

He's a flip flopper - there is a video somewhere about the removal of the dislike button and he's in it justifying it with complete babble.

[@JJs_playground]

90% of my TV viewing is Chromecast KZbin videos. Then Netflix and a bit of Amazon Prime.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin is a horrible company backed by google. With Disgusting Buisness practices.

[@forplay2706]

@emilychangtv you tried thanks, I guess you can never get a solid answer from executives, they are always speaking in fluf, but kudos to the CEOfor doing such a great job with the platform.

[@noitsholly]

Wow, KZbin IMMEDIATELY deleted my comment after criticising the current state of KZbin/current ceo. You’re really proving my point about censorship 😂

[@ArtHoward]

Would've been interesting to hear some questions about Rumble and if it's seen as a serious threat.

[@EnronnSierra]

Emily really is delightful in this series, this was a smart pivot for Bloomberg. Keep the content coming and the length is just right too. I do have dinner to cook.

[@riniindo]

This one along with Google's Sundar on AI only prove that media trained CEOs give boring interviews. They barely answer anything. Everything seems vague and normative. I hardly gain valuable information. That's a shame because some of Emily's questions are provoking and interesting.

[@IxoraNera]

Well you can't run your mouth when a single word from it can reduce the value of the company.

[@PoliticalSeer-ii3wh]

Why don't you start your own Company and employ people who will give ''not so boring interviews'' All the Best to you

[@PICKAXE.pickaxe]

​@@PoliticalSeer-ii3whThey can't.they havr to look like normal organization

[@Designguidetv]

I feel like when someone says "Shields up" Neal Mohan steps in. He's really an expert on dodging questions and giving generic answers you can only agree on. This is fine that is his job here. But I would liked to get to know a bit more about how he thinks, what drives his decision making, why he specifically became the new ceo, and why they really wanted to hold on to him.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin is a horrible company backed by google. With Disgusting Buisness practices.

[@D0NTREPLY]

youtube is the only platform from any tech company where i dont want anything to takeover in the future. one of things that makes it so unique to everyone else, is its rich history. seeing videos say '18-20yrs ago' and seeing comments as old along side it, literally takes you back to a different time of the internet, there's nothing that can ever touch that.

[@mkhanman12345]

Has nothing to do with internet. Dudes were just responding to things.

[@MegaMonster-m5x]

He is also an Indian 😵‍💫 das crazy

[@sharifjilani968]

KZbin have 3 founders.jawad Karim is one of them and he is a Bangladeshi origin. 😊 He first uploaded video on KZbin, that was me at zoo.

[@GyanTvAmit]

​@@sharifjilani968that not means only bangladeshi is founder

[@GyanTvAmit]

and todays youtube is so much defrent than 2005​@@sharifjilani968

[@SeachGateINDIA]

Always an Indian ⚫ Spot st the helm of affairs of big business . Always an indian mind 🇮🇳😁👍✅😜

[@christophmagnussen]

8:40 I still believe in KZbin as the number one platform for creators and this number to me is mind-blowing. I didn't have that top of my mind and it shows what a scale business this is and how serious one should take this platform

[@cryptowride1530]

A data center requires 600,000 cubic meters of water per year. To help you visualize, that's 6.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools a day. I don't know how many data centers YT has but you get the point...

[@1kontrabida]

Ive noticed a shift on KZbin since Mohan took over in a positive sign, my hope is to continue to create more balance and most importantly not be dictated by sponsors and advertisers which is not easy but doable, being able to let the audience decide for themselves and not push a narrative that is detrimental in the end.

[@vpetmk]

KZbin has become so influential, it almost feels bigger than the internet itself.

[@TheSonneyOfficial]

11:44 with all due respect, you didn't answer the question Neal Mohan. You stated an observation.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin is a horrible company backed by google. With Disgusting Buisness practices.

[@TheJB84]

No respect is due. Zero balls on that guy. He's a greedy ad exec who skirts important questions.

[@greedyboi8431]

he's IRS scammer in disguise

[@alejandropinzoncastillo6598]

I like the way Emily interviews these Humans

[@markarevalo5980]

The opening drone shot of the video is of downtown San Mateo, CA (3rd Street), not San Bruno, CA. Just saying...

[@DThornDigital]

KZbin has changed my life and kick started my business. Finally have some hope in my entrepreneur life. Next level incoming 🚀 🌙

[@rockscousteau]

Straight Up. This new KZbin CEO.....is the BOSS. After he took over. Everything became better. I started making more $$$$. The platform as a WHOLE.............Improved BIG TIME. I am able to do this FULL TIME NOW............Because of the positive changes this new CEO has made. I am Happy. Thank You KZbin.

[@TheJB84]

Its a ad platform that pisses off users more every day. It wont last long with his "take everything" mindset.

[@techphrase]

this interview truly highlights the vision and depth of youTube's leadership. It's inspiring to see a ceo who understands the platform's impact on global culture and is committed to its evolution. Looking forward to seeing how youtube continues to shape the future of content creation!

[@QueenetBowie]

“Your recommendations change because your interests change.” Oh, that’s why lately I’ve been getting nothing but garbage recommendations that I have zero interest in watching, when 3 months ago I got great recommendations on a daily basis. That makes sense.

[@jonderbyshire]

Yawn

[@MeddyEvalNight]

".. there are 500 hours of content uploaded to our platform every single day" Surely it's way more than that. I think it was over 500 hours per minute 5 years back

[@comotocarbateria]

"internet advertising pioneer" EXPLAINS EVERYTHING

[@fabiorobertoferreira978]

Nowadays, KZbin is my first screen, and, Emily Chan's videos are amazing

[@RegalKamdem]

Nice job Emily Chang : sober, short questions, smiling, relavant questions...

[@joeingram1]

Very great interview Emily

[@RajasPurohit]

KZbin taking almost a quarter of the streaming pie is scary but not surprising at all. Very informative series!

[@niltmp7126]

Q - why is KZbin turning itself into AdTube?

[@err6857]

I hope you bring back your partnership with western union because its very convenient for creators from 3rd world countries or far flung areas. Some banks don't recognize KZbin. They also need documents, IDs, proof, maintaining balance, fees despite occasional glitches. Its very cumbersome for small creators.

[@kekuleh1]

There's another service I think YT can venture into: premium video hosting like Vimeo, Wistia. YT already have the tech, capacity and expertise.

[@TechOutAdam]

So happy to be apart of the 3Mil creators! ❤

[@FLORIDIANMILLIONAIRE]

Incredibly humble

[@germantempo]

Could you please make a playlist for "The Circuit" in Bloomberg Originals?

[@business]

You can find The Circuit playlist, with all episodes, here: kzbin.info/aero/PLqq4LnWs3olV2nw7GgFjXHvxVc3T5hXXT

[@tahiruz]

Emily needs to do another interview with Erlich Bachmann

[@aladinonathan1933]

Oya na.. you've been Liked. Let's go there🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@CharlieMoneyPH1]

I'm a content creator (monetized) in the Southeast Asia... I wish that when sending our KZbin salaries, it should not go to our bank accounts but instead via a crypto stable coin like USDC and into our registered crypto wallet address. The bank fees or charges are a bit big these days and it cuts to our earnings. Please help us! Thanks!

[@LoganLee-k3p]

I really appreciate the opportunity to study with you. Many thanks for your help.

[@VineyBeUniqueAF]

One thing that is wrong with almost all of the Indian CEOs is that they are idk camera shy or what but they are not at ease during these interviews. Sundar Pichai overcame that a long time ago but the other ones need to learn how to be more comfortable in an interview. Emily seems to be one of the best interviewers' of all time.

[@jeevan88888]

They have a lot at stake to lose by saying something inappropriate

[@Batman_akzo]

I think you weren't paying attention. He only gave very few answers relevant to questions. There was too much of word salad here. Everything about this show is great except for the answers of the guests.

[@VineyBeUniqueAF]

@@Batman_akzo well I'm only taking about their general behaviour, not their answers.

[@MithunOnTheNet]

@@Batman_akzo Typical PR fluff. That's all they say. Avoid answers to the hard-hitting questions.

[@jirwin32]

Lot are of the Indian Tech CEOs are from engineering background, and most of the best programers are introverts, which makes public speaking hard.

[@user-mm3jr3et7v]

What I heard on AI: We have altered contracts with some creators to allow their data to be scraped without paying them directly to see if the market will respond favorably to our parent company's wholistic business model. Openai leadership is under an NDA until we can strategically monetize.

[@binocular9809]

A clear depiction of Journalism

[@NBTJacklyn]

Love this series so much So inspiring

[@slider7859]

Great interview. Emily has great questioning skills

[@theamaturepro]

I've never heard this man speak before, his voice is not at all what I ever would have guessed. He's a brilliant guy, I look forward to finding more content with him

[@arshadarshans]

Ads > KZbin

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

KZbin needs to be sued for the amount of ads they have and for Being unable to skip the ads.

[@AnonymousAlien2099]

With the number of content creators growing and reaching astronomical levels, how will KZbin ensure they give revenue to every one of them without generating profits for their own company? Ads are their major source of revenue, so more ads, and unskippable ones at that, are inevitable.

[@stephenharrill5556]

Liked and subscribed. Nice production!

[@calvinsharara]

I think its success can also be attributed to its availability on almost all platforms, be it on web, android, iOS, kaiOS, Playstation, you name it.

[@stevez5134]

I like the interview she did with Dinesh at PiperChat

[@AkshayKoli3262]

Indian CEO 😁🔥

[@Fous1978]

SpaceX Starlink is contributing to KZbin growth, the platform has more video data than everyone else combined

[@akhtarhusain1058]

You should also use Hindi in your audio track, you have many subscribers in India. Those who will have a lot of knowledge and will get to learn something. Because your research reaches more and more people.

[@MrMz4eva]

KZbin should start giving out awards for watchers.

[@AwomKenneth]

Watching youtube's success on youtube is Amazing.

[@dworld0203]

Very importable and smartable video from author)) Thanks for working

[@DiogoPace]

KZbin was killer concept from the start, I don’t like it’s current ecosystem but it’ll probably stay unmatched decades to come.

[@davitvardanyan1883]

KZbin is the best/useful thing which was creating in internet ever

[@somaghosh2960]

Quite smart interview. Thank you Bloomberg.

[@TarunPaulKachhap]

Proud Indian. 🇮🇳 CEO of KZbin.

[@unclekumars8246]

They are just for marketing india has 1,4 billion peoples. Noted only ceo not the founder and owner

[@Gop101]

Nothing to be proud of he is an Indian who gave up Indian citizenship for the American and contributes to American economy no use to India... Stop embarrassing yourself online

[@noefvon]

No money goes to india..

[@greedyboi8431]

feeling proud of other people's achievements is cringe

[@neoanderz]

KZbin's biggest problem for users is the Advertising !! YT Premium is too expensive to most people.

[@beveefww2765]

Not expensive. For indian it's only 129 rs

[@roxxxxxy]

It's not expensive or maybe because I live in india

[@greedyboi8431]

KZbin Vanced

[@dpnmodi]

Im so confused wbout some of the numbers being banded around in this vidoe. Early on he said they've just passed 1bn hrs of watched content which has to be a mistake, then he says they have 500hrs of content uploaded every day... Surely he means every second or minute?

[@LkNaik-r]

KZbin is WORLD NO.1 VIDEO WATCHING PLATFORM ❤🎉 FROM ODISHA INDIA

[@mach1nefan]

Love this series!

[@verrico7536]

Yeam, emily and everyone else involved in production are pros

[@onionfarmercarmen]

Nadella, Pitchai and Mohan. Creative capitalism.

[@Ducotevision]

Remove the bots.

[@user-sk4gj3ji3o]

I believe its time to change the perspective of people the way they intract with the devices and consume content by streamlining and optimising the process .

[@Heru2088]

Great Interview,👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🙏🙏🌟🎊👍💯💎⭐️🎉, Very much Proud of KZbin

[@EdinburghRaj]

Interestingly Pichai and Mohan are South Indians!

[@amritraj2004]

Nothing just an another Indian CEO 🇮🇳

[@MarkUp209]

Just stop random censoring. That's all I ask. KZbin is a cesspool of censorship now. Almost unusuable.

[@JaredFarrer]

Why don’t you tell ceo to pay us content creators more money they keep taking it away which leaves KZbin vulnerable to another company come along do it better

[@jairunet]

Great work Emily, keep the great interviews coming, staying grounded and unbiased.

[@aabbsher]

Great questions, respectful while hard-hitting

[@jarcohen123]

Love these ur ceo interviews keep them coming maybe every couple years to keep up with new features and other related updates

[@O-zone001]

There is one or another Indian who is CEO in these tech gaints...

[@DrCaptainMorgan]

If you buy 10,000 phones and view your own videos every day, you break even in 6 months. 12 months, you’re rich! 💵

[@wettsia]

Puedo aprovechar el espacio para decir que el plan de anuncios de youtube es demasiado molesto.

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

KZbin went down hill since around 2016

[@foodseasonone]

Highly Informative.

[@Chew555Tv]

R.I.P Susan, one of the legend in KZbin.

[@JohnCornwill]

KZbin will never lose being a creator-first media company.

[@DrummerBoy233]

Regarding "terms of use" for creators and AI, the platform's policies and rules need to be as transparent as possible. Unfortunately, like every other tech giant or corporation, they aren't. Which makes loopholes. This isn't the only thing necessary for insuring safety but it certainly plays a big part.

[@notaspectator]

consider filing legal clarification request. Take steps.

[@Mari_Selalu_Berbuat_Kebaikan]

Nam myoho renge kyo can help make your life better 🙏 Chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo everyday and see your life change positively

[@yogicijantung]

information,komunikasi , aplikasi,data,memori, media,sains and teknologi publik dan lain -lainnya.

[@Mixam-256]

11:44 what a terrible answer for the CEO. Quite telling of his leadership.

[@harxxa6436]

He’s better then Susan at least..

[@johnhogan5766]

Please make KZbin premium better, especially filtering and sorting downloads. It's woeful.

[@denismatuska1981]

Emily, love watching those interviews!! Keep the content coming :)

[@ThomasTDlrk]

KZbin is awesome

[@FractalPrism.]

interview starts @ 2:07

[@breaktherules6035]

Emily Chang is just amazing! Excelllent interview!

[@JivShastra]

What about the that large inwanted videos which consumed large storage space and electricity to maintained.

[@rabbitwooden2184]

I would not be surprised if OpenAI used KZbin to train their models.

[@notbeefyproductions7109]

I Pray that youtube and google get sued and are taken to The Higher Courts for there ad policys

[@MrAtheist]

@15:05 only 500 hours of content uploaded per day...? no way!

[@JPC4]

Ya that felt incredibly wrong, so I googled it: 3.7 million new videos are uploaded to KZbin every day, which is about 271,330 hours of video content.

[@FutureAITrend]

More of like 500 hrs per min

[@dpnmodi]

Or per second ​@@FutureAITrend