YouTube Font

YouTube is a very popular video sharing website that allows users to upload, share and view videos online. YouTube was first launched in 2005 in San Bruno by three guys and then it was acquired by Google in 2006 for $ 1.65 billion.

The font used for the YouTube logo seems to be Trade Gothic LT Std Bold, which is a sans serif font created by Jackson Burke between 1948 and 1960. Trade Gothic typeface is characterized by its condensed faces, which is good for headline uses. You can purchase the font here.

Update: YouTube launched its most significant logo update yet in 2017, dropping its original logo design after 12 years. The new logo consists of the wordmark in black and the play button in pure red. The wordmark is likely custom lettered.

Youtube Logo (2017 – Present)

The Trade Gothic font identified above is not available for free, please follow the link above and purchase a font license to download and use the font. Meanwhile, you can take a look at our collection of fonts for cars, pop music and apparel as well as round-ups of new & fresh fonts around the web.

In addition to YouTube, Trade Gothic typeface is also used in the following logos, movie posters or album covers, etc., including: Ben Behind His Voices, United Way, Lone Survivor, Underclass Hero, Starships, Catfish: The TV Show, Feels Like Carolina, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bershka Logo, Trouble with the Curve, Nautica, Illuminate (Shawn Mendes), The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Rid of Me, Survivor Series.