YouTube Space
{{short description|Facilities for creating YouTube content}}
File:Exterior of YouTube Space Kings Cross.jpg
A YouTube Space is the name given to virtual and pop-up events designed to aid content creators hosted by the American video hosting platform YouTube.{{Cite web|title=Reaching more creators and artists through YouTube Spaces|url=https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtubespaces-update/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=blog.youtube|language=en-us}}
Originally, YouTube Spaces were physical locations provided by YouTube for content creators to learn about producing content as well as providing them with facilities to create content for their YouTube channels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/news/calling-all-vloggers-and-content-creators-youtube-space-is-now-open-in-dubai|title=Calling all Vloggers and content creators: YouTube Space is now open in Dubai|first=Abbas Jaffar Ali 20|last=March 2018|website=TechRadar|date=20 March 2018 }} For eligible content creators, YouTube Spaces were completely free to use and including the use of equipment, studio space, postproduction facilities, trainings and workshops provided by YouTube. There were ten physical YouTube Spaces around the world. The first YouTube space was opened at Google's London Kings Cross offices in 2012. These physical locations closed temporarily 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, on 18 February 2021, YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl announced that the physical YouTube spaces in Berlin, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo would remain closed permanently.{{Cite web|title=YouTube is permanently closing its creator-focused city 'Spaces'|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/youtube-spaces-shutting-creators-121530168.html|access-date=2021-02-19|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=2021-02-19 |title=YouTube won't reopen remaining creator Spaces as company shifts to new model |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22290858/youtube-spaces-berlin-london-los-angeles-new-york-paris-rio-tokyo-permanently-closing-covid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105192240/https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22290858/youtube-spaces-berlin-london-los-angeles-new-york-paris-rio-tokyo-permanently-closing-covid |archive-date=2022-11-05 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}} Physical YouTube spaces remain open in São Paulo, Mumbai, and Dubai.{{Cite web|last=Porter|first=Jon|date=2021-02-19|title=YouTube won't reopen remaining creator Spaces as company shifts to new model|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22290858/youtube-spaces-berlin-london-los-angeles-new-york-paris-rio-tokyo-permanently-closing-covid|access-date=2021-02-20|website=The Verge|language=en}}
Locations
=London=
YouTube's first space was opened in London Tottenham Court road in 2012. It included three soundproof studios, editing suites, and a store for YouTubers to sell their merchandise. It also had a community area with a coffee bar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-youtube-space-london-2016-8|title=We visited Google's new YouTube lab — here's what it's like inside|first=Sam|last=Shead|website=Business Insider}}
=Los Angeles=
LA was the second location to have a YouTube space and opened up in 2013. It was located minutes away from Los Angeles International Airport.{{Cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/google/2013/07/04/thenextweb-visits-youtube-creative-space-in-los-angeles/|title=An Inside Look at YouTube's Creators Studio In Los Angeles|first=Ken|last=Yeung|date=July 4, 2013|website=The Next Web}}
=Tokyo=
Tokyo's YouTube space opened in 2013.{{cite web |last1=Lawler |first1=Ryan |title=YouTube Opens A Production Space In Tokyo To Help Creators Make Better Videos |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/13/youtube-creator-space-tokyo/ |website=TechCrunch |date=14 February 2013 |access-date=14 April 2020}} It included a traditional Japanese home set, a classroom set, and a modular set that functions for game shows. Located in Roppongi Hills, the facility also boasted a training room and recording studio for creators.{{cite web |last1=Votta |first1=Rae |title=The definitive guide to YouTube's 9 global production spaces |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/youtube-spaces-worldwide-guide/ |website=Daily Dot |date=27 September 2015 |access-date=14 April 2020}}
=New York=
New York's YouTube space opened up in 2014 and was the fourth Global YouTube Space and second one based in the US.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/ytsnypress/home|title=YouTube Space New York|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2020-03-09|archive-date=2022-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520072810/https://sites.google.com/site/ytsnypress/home|url-status=dead}} The 20,000 square-foot space opened on the sixth floor of New York's Chelsea Market.{{Cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/youtube-nyc-office-tour|title=YouTube's NYC Space Will Make You Want To Quit Your Day Job|first=Madeline|last=Buxton|website=www.refinery29.com}}
===São Paulo===
Brazil's first YouTube space opened in 2014.{{cite web |last1=Sawers |first1=Paul |title=YouTube Space arrives in Brazil's São Paulo, its fifth video-production hub globally |url=https://thenextweb.com/google/2014/10/27/youtube-brings-video-production-space-brazils-sao-paulo-fifth-location-globally/ |website=The Next Web |date=27 October 2014 |access-date=14 April 2020}}
=Rio de Janeiro=
Brazil's second YouTube space opened in 2015. It featured 22000 square feet of space.{{cite web |last1=Gutelle |first1=Sam |title=Make It Ten: YouTube To Open A Production Space In Rio de Janeiro |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/09/10/youtube-space-rio-de-janeiro-brazil/ |website=Tube Filter |date=10 September 2015 |access-date=14 April 2020}}
=Berlin=
Berlin's YouTube space opened in 2015.{{cite web |title=YouTube Space opens in Berlin |url=https://www.berlin.de/en/news/5909502-5559700-youtube-space-opens-in-berlin.en.html |website=Berlin.de |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520072811/https://www.berlin.de/en/news/5909502-5559700-youtube-space-opens-in-berlin.en.html |url-status=dead }} YouTube partnered with MET Film School for a Berlin campus. For creators to get in and start shooting, they only needed 1,000 subscribers, making it a much more easily accessible space than many of the other offerings.
=Paris=
=Mumbai=
Mumbai Space was opened in 2016. It boasts 1400 square foot space within Whistling Woods International (WWI) sprawling production complex, which includes a 400 square foot studio, a lounge and workshop space for creators to relax and socialize in, and an edit bay with two machines that are capable of 4K editing.{{cite web |last1=Macdonald |first1=David |title=#IfIHadSpace? India asked for it, and got it — YouTube Space Mumbai now open |url=https://www.blog.google/products/youtube/ifihadspace-india-asked-for-it-and-go/ |website=Google |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=14 April 2020}}
=Dubai=
The Dubai Space opened up in 2018, becoming the tenth global YouTube Space. Like other studios, it features a fully equipped studio and post-production and community support for creator's content, in partnership with YouTube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/television/youtube-opens-new-dubai-studio-that-s-free-for-those-with-more-than-10-000-subscribers-1.714315|title=YouTube opens new Dubai studio that's free for those with more than 10,000 subscribers|website=The National}}
=Toronto=
The Toronto space at George Brown College opened on April 26 2017 {{cite web | url=https://blog.google/intl/en-ca/products/inside-youtube/welcome-creators-youtube-space-toronto/ | title=Welcome creators! YouTube Space Toronto opens today | date=27 April 2016 }}