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Google Bought YouTube for $1.65 Billion in 2006. The Streaming Platform Is Now the Main Driver of a Roughly $93 Billion Business at Alphabet.

YouTube will likely go down as one of the greatest acquisitions of all time.

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Stocks· September 13, 2026 at 01:40 PM
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YouTube will likely go down as one of the greatest acquisitions of all time.

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