YouTube Executives Announce Possible Paid Subscriptions to Youtube in the Future.

YouTube viewing has never costed a penny but will there be paid subscriptions in the future?

YouTube chief executives have announced that paid subscriptions will possibly be used in the future to "keep business flowing".

YouTube Vice President Robert Kyncl told reporters on Wednesday that paid content will be an "incredibly important" tool in the site's efforts to create "additional revenue streams" for content makers.

He admitted that many users will push back against paid YouTube videos, but predicted that video makers will experiment with different models and "over time, a lot of people will figure it out."

Google has been considering charging users for paid YouTube content 
since at least 2009.

The YouTube executives actually admitted anything set in stone, though, and it could still be some time before the Google-owned video site starts allowing content creators to charge viewers.

We asked YouTube whether they could provide us with any more details or anything concrete at all, and a company spokesperson sent over the following statement:

Executives also state that they "have nothing to announce at the moment as these paid subscriptions are only a possibility in the future."

YouTube also reported on Wednesday that its traffic climbed to 1 billion viewers every month.