YouTube CEO says top YouTubers ‘will never leave home’

YouTube CEO Neil Mohan recently insisted that he’s not worried about Netflix and other streaming services attracting the service’s most popular creators.

Mohan’s comments came during a long interview for The New York Times’ The Interview series — which, Mohan pointed out, is broadcast on YouTube. In fact, he seemed to be playing the gentlemanly winner for most of the conversation; When asked about mocking Oscar host Conan O’Brien on YouTube, Mohan simply replied that O’Brien is “very funny” and that “his Team Coco channel is doing really well on YouTube.”

As for popular podcasts like “The Breakfast Club” and “My Favorite Murder” moving to Netflix, Mohan said it’s “interesting” that competitors “see us as a center of culture.” But he said that when he talks to popular YouTubers, they tell him that “no matter what they’re looking to do, they understand that YouTube is their home.”

“I haven’t met YouTubers who have completely pulled their content from YouTube,” Mohan said. He added that when YouTubers negotiate with other platforms, streamers will “always acquiesce to what our YouTubers ultimately know is the right decision for them in the long run, which is to never leave their homes.”