HQ Function

Serves as the central hub for YouTube's global operations, including engineering, product development, marketing, legal, sales, and corporate functions.

Notable Features:

Part of Google's Bay Area presence, the campus features modern architecture, collaborative workspaces, employee amenities such as cafes and fitness centers, and advanced technical infrastructure. It reflects Google's innovative campus design philosophy.

Work Culture:

Dynamic, innovative, and fast-paced, fostering creativity and collaboration. The culture is data-driven, with a strong emphasis on user experience, creator empowerment, and global impact. It encourages experimentation and pushing the boundaries of online video.

HQ Significance:

The operational and strategic core of the world's largest video platform, influencing global digital culture, entertainment, education, and information dissemination. Decisions made here impact billions of users and creators worldwide.

Values Reflected in HQ: Innovation, freedom of expression (within community guidelines), opportunity (for creators and businesses), and belonging (connecting diverse communities through video).

Location:

YouTube operates on a global scale, with its platform localized in over 100 countries and available in 80 different languages. This extensive reach is supported by Google's global infrastructure and office network. Key functions managed globally include content delivery network (CDN) operations, multilingual content moderation, international policy development and enforcement, regional creator support teams, global sales and advertising operations, and distributed engineering teams that work on platform development and maintenance around the clock.

Street Address:

901 Cherry Ave

City:

San Bruno

State/Province:

California

Country:

USA