How to start a video sharing app like YouTube

Starting a video sharing app is not easy as there are multiple options with which you can develop one. The options available are mentioned below

Options on How to Start a Video Sharing Platform

A. Create your own team of developers and marketers
B. Hire a Web & Mobile App Development Company
C. Use Clone Script

Based on the option you choose for developing a video-sharing website like YouTube the ideal steps mentioned below will change accordingly.

Steps for creating a video sharing platform

1. Finance — First major point you should decide is how much you are willing to spend and if you find a good business model the limit to which you can extend your budget. These two things should be very clear from the first step onward.
2. Survey — Survey is basically your first step towards achieving your goal. The survey is nothing but market research for the requirement of your product. If carried out properly it will help you decide on the features users need in a video streaming platform and also on what existing features they are satisfied with. In addition, it can also help you in getting the approximate no. of average monthly users.
3. Feature Finalization — Once the survey is conducted successfully you will be able to decide on the features for your video sharing platform. To categorize the features on their importance and the cost it incurs on the overall development of the platform at the initial stage. If you can work out that a particular feature can be availed after some time of launching the platform that would surely save you from the initial cost burden.

1. Design — Once the features are decided it’s time for the design of your platform. The design should be appealing, unique, and simple for the user experience.
2. Development — After design finalization, it’s time for backend development. Backend development includes all types of coding and technology requirements. Technology stack behind video sharing platform Includes
   • Android Development — Java Programming
   • iOS Development — Swift Programming
   • Backend Development — Backend development is the backbone of any app to run perfectly in the front end. Some of the backend technologies you would need include

1. Testing — Once the complete development is done by the development team it’s time for testing prior to launch. The testing team tests if all the features are working properly with the user persona in mind.
2. Launch — It’s time to launch the platform for users and monitor it for queries put forward by the user. Before launching the platform it is the marketing department’s job to create hype for the product by explaining to people the “why” behind its product.
3. Maintenance & Support — During the initial launch of the platform there would be some user queries related to the use of the platform so you should try to solve that as soon as possible as that creates a positive impact in users minds and can help you in growing your platform further.

Following the above steps will lead you to complete setup on How to build an app like YouTube — Cost, Features, Business Model.

Is it possible to beat YouTube?

It’s not impossible to beat YouTube but surely it is hell difficult and would require a huge amount of time and investment. Some statistics comparison between YouTube (the largest video streaming platform) and Netflix (The second largest video streaming platform) are mentioned below to give you an idea of what it would take to beat YouTube.

YouTube
2 billion active monthly user
34.5 % share of all videos streamed
1 billion hours of content streamed daily
App Started in 2005

Netflix
182 million subscribers
5% share of all videos streamed
140 million hours of content streamed daily
App Started in 2008

From the above statistics, it is clear that beating YouTube at the video streaming game is one hell of a job. I have listed some of the points as per my opinion that results in the success of YouTube

Some of the reasons it is difficult to beat YouTube

1. Content Creators — As YouTube was one of the first better equipped and easy to create content platforms, it has a large base of original content creators. The better the original content the more would be its user base. So to create a YouTube competitor one of the major things to consider is content because the same is going to lead you to achieve your goal.
2. Easy Navigation — The easy navigation of the video streaming platform for the user as well as the content creators is one of the major points in user satisfaction and thus user engagement. The easy navigation of the platform is a major contributor in improving the user base during the initial days of the platform launch.

1. Content policy — Flexible content policy drives the content creator to a platform as that sometimes results in content creator's effort to go in vain when their content is deleted from the platform due to some kind of violation of content policy.
2. Supporting Platform — As YouTube is one of the companies owned by Google and so is Android. So YouTube comes preinstalled on Android phones and also it can not be uninstalled. i.e YouTube has a supporting platform for Android Phones. This Supporting platform is extremely tough to overcome so it can be possible that you come to a Long term agreement or partnership with companies like Apple for creating a support platform for your organization.

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