[gwd]

It's called "YouTube" because if you want to, you can be your own broadcaster. Calling YouTube "social media" because anyone can contribute (although the vast, vast majority are just consumers) is like calling Fiver or Upwork or DoorDash or Uber "social media", because anyone can join and contribute.

[veltas]

It's like Twitter basically but with vlogs instead of microblogs. And now there's micro-vlogs too.

If "X" is social media then so is YouTube.

[veltas]

To add to this YouTube has just added a feature where if you share a link it tells the person who opens the link your profile name, which is doxxing people actively. And further attempt to make YouTube more like other social media.