YouChube (YouTube dialect pronunciation)
People in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, pronounce “YouTube” like “YouChoob” or “YouChube.”
“YouChoob” was printed in the San Francisco (CA) Chronicle on March 27, 2007. “YouChube: was printed in The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec) on July 28, 2007. “youchube The FOB(fresh off the boat)filipino prenounciation of the website, Youtube.com” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on March 15, 2008. “Youchoob How British people pronounce YouTube” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on December 9, 2008.
“British people be like youchube” was posted on X/Twitter by Mayor of Bots on July 17, 2018. “British people be like: Youchoob” was posted on X/Twitter by Traxide on August 27, 2020. “british people be like ‘youchube’” was posted on X/Twitter by Lux on January 10, 2026, an this received over 34,000 likes.
Wikipedia: YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, who were former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google.
Newspapers.com
27 March 2007, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, “Podcasts,” pg. A2, col. 1:
... “YouChoob” ...
(Said by a Filipina mom.—ed.)
Newspapers.com
28 July 2007, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), “Nintendo keeps dumbing it down with Wii’s latest gimmick” by Tyler Todd, pg. i4, col. 4:
“Please don’t take a veedeo—it will be on YouChube tomorrow.”
(Said by Alain Tascan of Nice, France.—ed.)
X/Twitter
MarkFromHawaii
@MarkFromHawaii
Uploading vids on YouChoob.
7:38 PM · Sep 30, 2007
Urban Dictionary
youchube
The FOB(fresh off the boat)filipino prenounciation of the website, Youtube.com.
I checked my email, then I was watching videos on youchube.
by N. Santos March 15, 2008
X/Twitter
Kate Rhoades
@KateRhoades
i’m gonna birth an oatmeal baby. PS i’m back home today and i’m gonna attend to my youchube responsibilities ASAP
11:47 AM · Oct 20, 2008
Urban Dictionary
Youchoob
How British people pronounce YouTube.
Nigel - “Hey, again YouChoob! Sorry I haven’t been on lately. Bollocks!”
by Socko_Detheroc December 9, 2008
X/Twitter
sara katherine
@yokoono123
loves how @youtube ‘s british stars call it youchube lol
11:04 PM · Jul 14, 2009
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Kristen Nicole
@kitty_dollaz
@Tara_British LOOK WAT WE DID PON YOUCHUBE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZdbZfyfuHs
8:36 PM · Jun 10, 2010
X/Twitter
shaymitchell.
@shayfake
Youtube - American Youchube - British.
9:40 AM · Jul 17, 2010
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Brett Michael Ellis
@BrettmEllis
youchube.uk ... the British version of YouTube
12:42 AM · Sep 28, 2010
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Nicoll Braisdell
@nicollbraisdell
just to clarify to american people. You’se say ‘youtOOb’, in ENGLISH not BRITISH its ‘youCHUbe’ like a ‘ch’ not a ‘too’
12:17 AM · Nov 14, 2010
X/Twitter
Todd Fraser
@_toddicus
Anyone else find it funny when British news casters call YouTube, YouChube? Makes me laugh.
2:50 PM · Jul 20, 2011
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Jon Binder
@thejonbinder
I like watching youtube videos of british people talking about youtube because they say “youchube” and that makes me happy on the inside.
10:57 PM · Nov 21, 2011
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Becca G
@beccagr
I love British accents. YouTube = YouChoob.
1:34 AM · Sep 4, 2012
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Kuya ♔
@OhhKevin_G
Lol British people say “YouChube”
10:40 PM · Nov 1, 2012
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lana is god
@youtube_weirdos
British people say YOUCHUBE.
11:03 AM · Feb 22, 2013
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Emily Rose
@EmilyxRose92
Overheard: Americans: Youtube Australians/British: Youchube http://tmblr.co/ZdZgNykVX-m8
3:44 AM · May 8, 2013
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Mayor of Bots
@flowers_ebooks
British people be like youchube.
3:50 PM · Jul 17, 2018
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lauren bass boosted
@prettyblueblue
british people be like: youchube
9:35 PM · Jul 30, 2018
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@sajo____
British people be like “YouChube”
6:16 AM · Mar 29, 2020
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AyAyRon
@Christo3T
Australians and British people be like: Youchoob
7:06 PM · Aug 3, 2020
X/Twitter
Traxide
@trackside06
British people be like:
Youchoob
5:57 PM · Aug 27, 2020
X/Twitter
big fat oaf
@ignRattmax
British ‘people’ be like: “youchoob”
7:16 AM · Jan 31, 2021
Threads
freyafoxmusic
06/17/25
Dear British people:
It’s YouTUBE (you-tooob)
Not YouCHOOB
Where is the Ch?
Thank you 🙏
X/Twitter
Lux
@thisislux
british people be like “youchube”
3:49 PM · Jan 10, 2026
Facebook
Know Your Meme
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
youchube innit
(The Lux tweet from January 10th is shown.—ed.)
COMMENTS
Joey Potter
I think it comes from a relaxation of the British mouth saying the T sound in Tube. It can be pronounced, but the “CH” is preferred out of the efficiency of keeping the “ube” sound, instead of “Oob”. When preceded by the CH sound, it makes it easier to say rather than annunciating clearly, the T, which is understood whether we make a clear “T” sound or a “CH” sound.