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Youtube was created by Jawed Karim , Steve Chen and Chad Hurley
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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
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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
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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.
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On October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock.
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This gave users the opportunity to turn what they did for fun into a job . Some were able to quit their daily jobs.
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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
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This was to help protect users videos from copyright infringement which made society safer and user friendly
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YouTube released the newest update of HD , at 1080P! this event made people see videos clearer and sharper . They could now see every detail.
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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.
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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.