Mumbai, May 1 -- Google-owned, popular online video-sharing platform, YouTube will make an investment of Rs 850 crore in the next two years to further accelerate the growth of India's burgeoning creator economy.

This announcement was made Neal Mohan, CEO at YouTube at the first edition of World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 in Mumbai on Thursday.

Delivering his keynote speech at the WAVES 2025, YouTube CEO said that the company has paid Rs 21,000 crore to Indian creators, artists, and media companies in the last three years alone.

At the inaugural day of WAVES 2025, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan established India's emergence as a creator nation, revealing that over 100 million channels in India uploaded content in the past ...