The YouTube Effect
YouTube has garnered over 2.3 billion users and is worth up to $300 billion. At its center is its algorithm, something that threatens to destroy not only the platform, but the entire Internet.
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Cast
20 people
Steve Chen
Self - YouTube Co-Founder
Jillian C. York
Self - Author, Free Expression Activist
Hany Farid
Self - Professor, UC Berkeley, Computer Science and School of Information (voice)
Talia Lavin
Self - Journalist, Author (voice)
Anthony Padilla
Self - YouTube Creator, Smosh
Known for
Smosh: The Movie
The Angry Birds Movie
Ian Hecox
Self - YouTube Creator, Smosh (voice)
Known for
The Angry Birds Movie
Smosh: The Movie
Susan Wojcicki
Self - Former YouTube CEO
Nitasha Tiku
Self -Tech Culture Reporter, The Washington Post (voice)
Becca Lewis
Self - Digital Media Researcher (voice)
Natalie Wynn
Self - YouTube Creator, ContraPoints
Also in
Bee and PuppyCat
Caleb Cain
Self - YouTube Creator, Faraday Speaks
Brianna Wu
Self - Software Engineer, Video Game Developer
Alex Winter Director · Paul Haslinger Composer Peter Nicoll Cinematographer
United States release July 7, 2023 · Produced in United States · Production Olive Hill Media, TIME Studios
Production
XRM Media
Production
Olive Hill Media
Production
TIME Studios
Production
Valhalla Entertainment
Production
Trouper
Production
Zipper Bros Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 11, 2022
Premiere · Tribeca Festival
United States · July 7, 2023
Limited theatrical
United States · July 14, 2023
Digital
Israel
February 15, 2025 · Digital · Yes VOD
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