Imac running slow - youtube takes forever to load

Hi, My computer is running really slowly and most notably when I try to watch youtube videos - they are taking forever to load
Suggestions ?

In Finder right click your HD (it's probably called iMac HD) in the left pane. Choose Get Info.
As to find out how much RAM it has click the Apple Symbol in the upper left corner of this screen and choose "About This Mac." To see how much Free RAM it has open Activity Monitor (Applications - Utilities - Activity Monitor) then click the System Memory tab and in the lower left corner let us know how much:
Free
Wired
Active
Inactive
Used
RAM it has.

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