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The YouTube Effect (2023)99 minDocumentary, Mystery, ThrillerRating 53/100

Director Alex Winter explores the ascension and acceleration of YouTube, a video-sharing website that started with humble origins and has gone on to change how we experience the world. With exclusive access to some of YouTube’s biggest stars, the film presents an eye-opening and troubling look at the platform now so powerfully embedded in our lives.

Cast: Steve Chen, Jillian C. York, Hany Farid, Talia Lavin, Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox, Susan Wojcicki

Director: Alex Winter