Draft:YouTube

Logo (2005?)


Logo: On a black background, a blue gradient rounded rectangle zooms in. Then the YouTube logo at the time forms, with the Tube part zooming in, then said part moving to make way for the You part.

Technique: Flash animation

Music/Sounds: A slightly dramatic, but calm piano tune.

Availability: TBA.

Legacy: The first on-screen logo YouTube ever had.

Logo (May 22, 2007)


Logo: We simply see the YouTube logo at the time on a white background.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on YouTube's official channel's video YouTube.

3rd Logo (December 13, 2010)


Logo: On a white gradient background, a TV zooms in with the YouTube logo, which is darkened and glitchy. It quickly cuts to clips from the top 10 YouTube videos from 2010, lasting a split second for each. It then cuts to static, then to the SMPTE color bars, and finally to the same logo, albeit in its normal brightness and less glitchy.

Technique: Live-action photo of the TV combined with overlaid computer animation for the logo.

Music/Sounds: It starts with static, then the audio associated with the clips from the YouTube videos, then static again, then a 1KHz sine wave, and finally the start of the music it uses.

Availability: Seen on the first YouTube Rewind, which is YouTube Rewind 2010.

4th Logo (Wii variant) (November 22, 2012-June 28, 2017)


Logo: On a black background, we see the YouTube logo at the time.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A 2-note calm guitar theme along with a long synth note.

Availability: Seen if you have YouTube on the Wii, unless if you don't have it.

5th Logo (201?-2022)
Logo: On an almost black background, we see the YouTube play button. It moves to make way for the text "YouTube" in white.

Variant: A still version exists.

Technique: Simple animation. None for the still version.

Music/Sounds: Same as YouTube TV or none.

Availability: Seen when you boot up YouTube on a smart TV or on cable until late 2022.

6th Logo (2022-)


Logo: On an almost black background, we see a multicolored streak emerge and turn into a red progress bar, with the play icon at the left. The bar then moves back, changing into the play button with the icon at the front, and while it turns red the white text "YouTube" slides in next to it.

Variant: An extended version exists.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A bass drop, followed by a 2-note synth tune, or none.

Availability: Current. Seen when you boot up the YouTube app on a smart TV or cable after the late 2022 update.