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YouTube
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YouTube begins!
Founded in 2005 (the activation of the domain name: www.youtube.com). It was created in 2005 by three former PayPal employees, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, Steve Chen. The headquarters are located in San Bruno, California -
The first video is uploaded
Published on the 23rd April 2005 (at 8:27 pm to be precise). The video is entitled 'Me at the Zoo' and depicts co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. The video can be viewed today and currently has 40,517,902 views! (Richard Alleyne, 2008). -
YouTube receives large investment
In November 2005, 9 month after first tarting, YouTube receives an investment of $11.5 million from Sequoia Capital, an American venture capital firm.
(Miguel Helft & Matt Richtel, 2006). -
The first video to hit 1 million views
In November 2005 an advertisement by Nike, staring Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho, is the the first video to hit 1 million views
("Ronaldinho: Touch of Gold - YouTube", Wayback Machine, November 25, 2005). -
YouTube reaches 8 million views per day
By December 2015 the total of YouTube videos receive 8 million views per day (The Daily Telegraph, 2010). -
Google buys YouTube
Google purchases YouTube for US$1.65 billion. -
YouTube launches its Partner Program
YouTube creates a program whereby it takes 45 percent of the advertising revenue from videos, providing 55 percent to the video's creator (YouTube for Press, 2017). -
43% market share & 14 billion views
As of May 2010 YouTube has a market share of 43%. During this month the total number of views on YouTube reaches over 14 billion (comScore, 2010). -
48 hours uploaded every minute
As of May 2011 YouTube reaches an average of 48 hours of new content being uploaded each minute (Oreskovic, 2012). -
60 hours uploaded every minute
As of January 2012 YouTube reaches an average of 60 hours of new content being uploaded each minute (Oreskovic, 2012). -
100 hours uploaded every minute
As of May 2013 YouTube reaches an average of 100 hours of new content being uploaded each minute (Russell, 2013). -
300 hours uploaded every minute
As of November 2014 YouTube reaches an average of 300 hours of new content being uploaded each minute (Solsman, 2014). -
YouTube Red launches
YouTube launches its premium service YouTube Red- a paid subscription service which offers ad-free, downloadable content. This service also offers content only accessible to those with the subscription. YouTube Red is currently offered within Australia, the US, Mexico and Korea (CBS Interactive Inc, 2016). -
400 hours uploaded every minute
As of February 2017 YouTube reaches an average of 400 hours of new content being uploaded each minute (Saba Hamedy, 2017)