AUDIO CONTENT ARE FROM WAV FILES which offers better sound quality because it is an uncompressed format that retains all the original audio data. YouTube does not preserve the original video or audio file format after upload; it re-encodes all uploaded content into various formats and resolutions to ensure compatibility across different devices and internet speeds. I choose to upload audio in WAV format because YouTube transcodes lossless audio sources (like WAV) into higher quality audio streams.
FACEBOOK users ... Unlike Youtube Facebook does not deliver higher quality audio streams from lossless sources like WAV; instead, it transcodes audio to lower quality formats, resulting in a significant loss of fidelity.