Chief Executive Officer, YouTube, Alphabet Inc. (Google)
Search every verified Neal Mohan interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In September 2026, Mohan delivered the keynote at YouTube's fifth annual Made on YouTube event in New York City, where he announced a renewed partnership with Coachella and the expansion of YouTube's shopping affiliate program with Amazon to India and Brazil. He also reported that the company had launched over 3,000 product updates since the start of the year, and cited figures stating that YouTube's creator ecosystem supported more than 540,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the U.S. and contributed over $60 billion to U.S. GDP in 2025. Mohan emphasized the company's focus on using AI to empower human creativity, describing new agentic tools in YouTube Studio designed to streamline the creation process. In early October 2026, Mohan interviewed Oprah Winfrey at a Zeitgeist event, discussing the power of connection and describing YouTube as "the world's best connector of a creative idea, or a creator with their audience." In a separate podcast interview that month, he addressed competition from AI chatbots, stating that YouTube's core identity is as a technology company and that its focus remains on delivering the best user experience through deep product innovation. Mohan also contrasted YouTube's approach with traditional media, saying the platform's mission is to give everyone a voice rather than having executives decide what content to put in front of audiences.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan sits down with global media leader Oprah Winfrey to discuss the enduring power of connection. They explore what it takes to capture culture, cultivate generational loyalty, and sustain a lasting media legacy—culminating in her next immersive frontier: AHA at Sphere in Las Vegas.
At the fifth annual #madeonyoutube event in New York City, @YouTube CEO @nealmohan shares the next wave of innovation for ...
Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube. Mohan joins Big Technology to discuss how AI is reshaping what we watch and create on the ...
(0:00) Introducing YouTube CEO Neal Mohan (1:08) YouTube's revenue split with creators (7:30) How Neal thinks about enabling monoculture and connective threads at YouTube (11:23) Censorship on YouTube, demonetization decisions, dealing with different regimes and laws globally (19:58) YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and channel subscriptions (24:00) Generative AI on YouTube: labeling AI, likeness concerns, possibilities Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applicat…
At their annual Heritage Month Summit & Awards Dinner in NYC, @taaforg celebrated several AAPI changemakers, including ...
COVER STORY: In an interview with Deadline, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan (@nealmohan) sat down with some of the platform’s key creators — ‘Huge* If True’s Cleo Abram (@CleoAbram) , Michelle Khare (@MichelleKhare), creator and host of ‘Challenge Accepted’; Julian Shapiro-Barnum (@recesstherapy), who hosts series including ‘Celebrity Substitute’ and upcoming late-night show ‘Outside Tonight,’ and ‘SubwayTakes’ host Kareem Rahma (@SubwayTakes) who just launched travel series ‘Keep the Meter Running.’ In a discussion ranging from why YouTube’s business philosophy works for creators, to how th…
YouTube Creator Samir Chaudry of @ColinandSamir hosted YouTube CEO Neal Mohan for a conversation at @taaforg's Heritage Month Summit in NYC. Neal talked about turning to the universal power of storytelling to navigate the “outsider” experience, the importance of betting on yourself and leading with clear principles, and his vision to build a platform where future generations can keep sharing their voices.
At their annual Heritage Month Summit & Awards Dinner in NYC, @taaforg celebrated several AAPI changemakers, including @YouTube @nealmohan. Neal shared reflections on his upbringing, including his father’s lessons on resilience: a trait he proudly sees reflected today in the unstoppable spirit of @YouTube's AAPI creator community. Many @youtubecreators started posting on YouTube because they didn't see people who looked like them in traditional media. Instead of waiting around for mainstream media to carve out a space for them, they forged their own path. Now, they’re the ones drivi…
YouTube is now the leading way Americans watch video. Its audience is young; an astonishing 90 percent of American teenagers are on the platform. YouTube TV is bigger than many cable operators. (Since last year, the main way YouTube has been consumed in the United States is actually on connected television.) YouTube has changed not only what we watch — think of content creators like Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, and podcasters like Joe Rogan — but also how we watch it, with interactive features part of the platform’s allure. YouTube’s chief executive, Neal Mohan, has led the compa…
@YouTube CEO @nealmohan talks with YouTube Liaison @ReneRitchie about his four big priorities for 2026, including: ⭐️ Reinventing entertainment: Creators are the new stars & studios 💛 Building the best place for kids & teens 💰 Powering the creator economy ✨ Supercharging and safeguarding creativity More: https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/t...
TIME’s 2025 CEO of the Year, Neal Mohan, thinks of himself as the “mayor of YouTube.” At “A Year in Time,” TIME’s event in New York City on Dec. 10 staged to celebrate Mohan and other Leaders of the Year, including Entertainer Leonardo DiCaprio and Athlete A’ja Wilson, Mohan spoke with TIME’s Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs about YouTube’s role in culture and political discourse, its relationship to creators and kids, and Mohan’s vision for the future of the platform. Read more: https://time.com/7337793/ceo-of-the-y... Subscribe to TIME Breaking News YouTube Channel ►►: https://ti.me/3ROMUXY Subs…
TIME asked @nealmohan, TIME's 2025 CEO of the Year and the leader of @YouTube, to face off against creator @MichelleKhare in a game of TriviaTube. 0:00 Intro 0:29 Who is the most subscribed to YouTuber? 0:50 What was YouTube originally conceived as? 1:40 What is the name of the first ever YouTube video? 2:08 Which video inspired the term "going viral"? 3:00 Name a television series that got its start on YouTube. 4:04 What is the most viewed YouTube video of all time? 4:22 What does the "tube" in YouTube refer to? 4:30 Who came up with the name? Read more about Neil Mohan, 2025…
“Creators have become the most trusted voices in culture today. And as more and more brands wake up to this reality, they want in. In 2025 alone, we saw a 60% growth in brand deal shorts on YouTube. Earlier this year, we launched YouTube creator partnerships to get creators in front of more brands and agencies. And we're making it just as easy for creators to earn from their product recommendations. This summer, we an”
“In 2025 alone, YouTube's creator ecosystem supported more than 540,000 full-time equivalent jobs right here in the US and contributed over $60 billion to the US GDP. We've always believed that a sustainable creative career shouldn't rely on just one source of income. So, we continue to build the most diversified revenue engine on the planet. That means backing creators with the largest ad revenue payouts in the indus”
“The way I look at it is we want content that connects with viewers and fans all over the world. I often sometimes say that YouTube is the world's most efficient connector of a creative idea or creative person with their audience, no matter where that audience is in the world. And so to the extent that that is the core of what YouTube does, I want more of that type of content, right? And whether AI is used as a tool t”
“I think that the mental model for me is we should be thinking about protecting young people in the digital world as opposed to protecting them from the digital world.”
“We are the world's original and largest creator economy. We intend to remain that way. I'm incredibly proud of the fact that over the last four years, we've paid out over hundred billion dollars to creators, artists, media companies, and other partners.”
“I think things that get in the way of that mission can be distractions. They can be um you know take away from us actually focusing on what that goal is. And so, um, finding a way to contribute it to ultimately what I hope is a good cause and putting it behind us is really the best way, uh, that we could have, um, addressed that.”
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