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Some (big) creators store all related material and the videos themselves. Others get rid of everything once the video is finished and uploaded.

Edit: Of all my YT videos I wouldn't know where I have the sources stored although I never deliberately deleted them.

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Is this because video files are very large and store them will be very expensive? I honestly have no idea how large they are, but I would be surprised if it will become a significant portion of the cost of a serious business.

They can be pretty large. I see point of not storing raw footage, but finished videos after encoding is surely something to keep. Just for in future to upload to other services.. At least if you run actually profitable business.

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