How To Pronounce YouTube

In British English, YouTube is pronounced /ˈjuː.tjuːb/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈjʷuː.tj̥ʷuːb̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈjuːˌtuːb/.

YouTube has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.