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Founders of Youtube
Youtube was created by Jawed Karim , Steve Chen and Chad Hurley -
The first video released
Jawed Karim posted the first ever video on YouTube . The video was 18 seconds and titled 'Me at the zoo' . The video included him at the zoo in front of a bunch of elephants -
Official Beta Website
YouTube released its first official beta website . The event changed peoples lives by making it easier to browse and show society that YouTube is advancing -
Growth (2006)
During the summer of 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest growing sites on the World Wide Web,hosting more than 65,000 new video uploads. -
Google buys Youtube
On October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock. -
Partner Program
This gave users the opportunity to turn what they did for fun into a job . Some were able to quit their daily jobs. -
Youtube Goes Global
YouTube brought society together by launching different versions of the site all across the world and making their small company global .This event got more people involved and gave people a chance to view what the US could -
Content verification program
This was to help protect users videos from copyright infringement which made society safer and user friendly -
HD Videos
YouTube released the newest update of HD , at 1080P! this event made people see videos clearer and sharper . They could now see every detail. -
Youtube Welcomes Movies
YouTube is now able to rent movies and prove that it was more than a video sharing site , but something more significant .They offered cheaper and affordable movies -
Lets Start a broadcast
YouTube welcomes the feature of broadcasting live , also called 'YouTube Live' which gave audiences a chance to watch concerts , news, royal events ,sports events live , etc. They can now see things that are happening globally and locally on their devices . -
Site Redesign
YouTube gets a major update to make it modern and appealing . The addition of the new features made peoples browsing easier . More people started using the site -
4 Billion Views Daily
Youtube reached about four billion views daily , which means pver 45,000 views per second . People spent more time on Youtube which made the site more significant . People became more hooked pn this video sharing site making what it is today -
Youtube Red
It provides advertising-free streaming of all videos hosted by YouTube, offline play and background playback of videos on mobile devices, access to advertising-free music streaming through Google Play Music, and access to "YouTube Red Original" series and films. -
Youtube Today
The total number of people who use YouTube – 1,300,000,000. 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! Almost 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube every single day. In an average month, 8 out of 10 18-49 year-colds watch YouTube.
