YouTube Premium

YouTube Premium, formerly named YouTube Red, is a paid streaming subscription service for YouTube available in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South Korea, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It was originally launched in November of 2014 as Music Key, which offered only ad-free streaming of music and music videos from participating labels on YouTube and Google Play Music. The service was later revised and relaunched as YouTube Red on October 31, 2015. YouTube announced the rebranding of the service as YouTube Premium on May 17, 2018.

It provides advertising-free streaming of all videos hosted by YouTube, as well as exclusive original content, otherwise known as YouTube Originals. It also allows for both offline and background playback of videos on mobile devices.

The streaming service was the home to Impulse, an American science fiction drama web television series created by Jeffrey Lieber, with Lauren LeFranc acting as showrunner. It was renewed for a second season on July 19, 2018. It was canceled on March 10, 2020.