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Youtube founded
Youtube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. All were former employees for paypal. -
Purchased by Google
Youtube was purchased by Google in 2006 for 1.65 billion dollars in stock -
Introduce mobile site
In June of 2007, Youtube introduced ttheirr mobile site. This meant that users could now use their phones to go on Youtube. -
2 billions views a day
In May of 2010, Youtube was exceeding over 2 billlion views per day. -
Gangnam Style
In december of 2012, the song Gangnam Style became the first video on Youtube to reach 1 billion views. As of September 3, the video has over 1.75 billion views.