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YouTube.com Registered
YouTube was created by PayPal employees as a video sharing website where users could upload share and view content, it was officially launched on Monday, February 14, 2005 at 9:13 p.m. -
First YouTube Video
An 18 second video was uploaded to YouTube.com titled "Me at the zoo" on April 24th 2005, Thus the beginning of the media juggernaut that is Youtube -
First 1 Million viewed video
In September 2005 a Nike advert uploaded to YouTube including Brazilian footballing sensation Ronaldinho receiving a pair of golden boots hit 1 million views, Nike were one of the first companies to realise and capitalise on YouTubes outstanding potential -
Youtube Officially launched out of beta
Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November 2005, YouTube was able to increase its bandwidth, improve its servers, and launch to the public. -
Copyright comes in to play
In February 2007, NBC asked YouTube to pull a skit from a recent Saturday night live from the website, this request attracted a lot of attention and ended up giving birth to YouTube's Content Verification Program to help protect content owners and creators -
Google Acquires YouTube
Google bought Youtube for a what now seems to be undervalued price of $1.65 billion, officially cementing google as the kings of the internet. -
Launching the Viral Partner Program
This was the first time YouTube allowed content creators to be able to make money and ultimately a living off their ideas and video's. within a year the most successful 'YouTubers' were making six figures a year. -
Charlie bit my finger!
A 56 second video of two brothers took the world by storm, instantly going 'viral' after the now infamous line "Charlie bit my finger". as of 2012 the family who created the clip have made over $150,000 because of it -
YouTube teamed up with CNN to host the presidential debate for the 2008 election cycle
7 out of the 18 presidential candidates announced their campaigns via YouTube, and in July 2007 CNN and youtube hosted their first presidential debate, featuring citizen submitted video questions -
Justin Bieber rises
Usher also announced that Bieber signed a recording contract with Island Def Jam records. Now, Justin Bieber's Baby is one of the most viewed videos on YouTube, with more than 820 million views. -
Justin Bieber rises
In April 2009 Usher released a video of a young pre famous Bieber on YouTube, Bieber would later go on to dominate the music scene as well as claiming billions of YouTube views as of 2018 -
YouTube and Vivendi team up to launch new music video service Vevo in April 2009
YouTube partner with music juggernaut Vivendi to create Vevo, a music streaming service that has amassed 79 videos with over a billion views, offering YouTube incredible revenue -
YouTube and Vivendi team up to launch new music video service Vevo in April 2009
Again in April 2009 YouTube teamed up with music juggernaut Vivendi to create Vevo, a YouTube music service and channel that has 79 videos with over 1 billion views, creating extreme revenue for YouTube -
YouTube Live
In April 2011, YouTube officially entered the broadcast business with the launch of YouTube Live. YouTube Live has allowed the site to stream everything from concerts to news coverage to the royal wedding to the Olympics. -
YouTube Live
In April 2011 YouTube officially entered the broadcast business with the launch of YouTube Live. YouTube Live has allowed the site to stream everything from concerts to news coverage to the royal wedding to the Olympics. -
Olympics Live Stream
For the Summer Olympics, YouTube powered NBC's online video experience to let users watch any event live. You could also access the footage from essentially any device, be that your computer, mobile phone, or tablet. -
Olympics Live Stream
For the Summer Olympics, YouTube powered NBC's online video experience to let users watch any event live. You could also access the footage from essentially any device, be that your computer, mobile phone, or tablet. -
Gangnam Style
It's now the number one video on YouTube with more than 1.3 billion views and the first video ever to reach the 1 billion mark 2012 in general was also huge for YouTube, with people watching more than 4 billion hours worth of video every month. -
Gangnam Style
It's now the number one video on YouTube with more than 1.3 billion views and the first to ever amass 1 billion views 2012 in general was also huge for YouTube, with people watching more than 4 billion hours worth of video every month. -
PewDiePie towers the competition
The massive YouTube star Felix Kjellberg, who is better known as PewDiePie, reached 50 million subscribers on December 9th 2016 -
PewDiePie towers the competition
The massive YouTube star Felix Kjellberg, who is better known as PewDiePie, reached 50 million subscribers on the 9th of December 2016 -
Logan Paul messes up
In January 2018 YouTube poster boy Logan Paul travelled to the Japanese suicide forest and recorded a genuine dead body within the forest, this caused huge uproar with the YouTube community with many sponsors leaving the platform -
KSI vs Joe Weller
A boxing fight between KSI and Joe Weller became the largest watched live stream in history by far, amassing 5 million live views and over 50 million within the following weeks, for a livestream these numbers are incredible