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Domain Name
On Valentine's Day 2005, three PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim register the domain name youtube.com History of YouTube -
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History
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First Video
First Video uploaded featuring YouTube founder Jawed Karim entitled "Me at the Zoo". First Video -
Beta
Beta version of YoutTube is launced. -
YouTube Embeds Enabled
YouTube enables embeded feature allowing users to share videos on other website. -
Launch
YouTube offically launches with approximately 8 million videos watched a day. -
Filtering & Verfication
In March 2006, both the content verification and filtering technolgy programs are launched. -
Video Response
YouTube unveals new video response feature -
YouTube Reaches 100
YouTube reaches 100 million videos viewed per day, and has 65,000 new videos uploaded to the site each day. -
Google buys YouTube
Google acquries YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Wordle Wordle Backup -
Viacom sues YouTube/Google
Viacom files a 1 billion dollar lawsuit against Google and YouTube alleging that the website had engaged in copyright infringement by allowing thier users to upload material owned by Viacom. -
RickRoll
First known instance of a Rick Roll occurs, one of the most popular memes in YouTube's history. -
YouTube Mobile
YouTube Mobile is launched -
YouTube/CNN Debates
YouTube Partners with CNN to hold a Democratic Party that aired from Charleston, South Carolina. The questions from the debates came from the users of YouTube. -
Queen of England
Queen Elizabeth launches her on YouTube channel. -
YouTube/CNN Debate Part 2
YouTube/CNN team up to hold Republican Party Presidental Debate. -
YouTube Partners
YouTube partner program is launched. This allows users who reach a big enough following to partner with youtube to potentially earn money. -
10 Hours of Video
YouTube becomes so popular that ten hours of new video are uploaded each minute. -
13 Hours
13 Hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute -
Annotations
Annotation feature added which allows uploaded to add notes on thier video. -
Captions
YouTube adds caption feature that transcribes the audio from the video into an on screen text. -
15 Hours
15 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute -
YouTube HD
YouTube allows users the option to watch and upload videos in 720p HD. -
President+Congress
US President and Congress YouTube Channels launched -
YouTube wins Peabody
YouTube wins a 2008 Peabody Award for being "a 'Speakers' Corner', where users can upload, view and share clips, that promotes democracy. Peabodys are awarded for distinguished public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. -
Twenty Hours
YouTube reaches twenty hours of new content uploaded to the site each minute. -
3D
Videos can now be watched in 3D. -
One Billion Views
YouTube reaches 1 billion views per day. -
Live Concert
U2 streams a live concert for free through YouTube -
Rentals
YouTube rentals is launched allowing users to rent and watch full lenth movies off the website. -
24 Hours
24 Hours of video uploaded per minute on the site. -
Two Billion
YouTube reaches milestone of two billion views per day. -
YouTube v Viacom Update
Judge Louis Stanton ruled in YouTube/Google's favor citing that they were protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Safe Harbor provision. -
Hurley Steps Down as CEO
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley steps down as CEO; Salar Kamangar named new CEO -
Google+
Google+ is integrated directly with YouTube and the Google Chrome allowing YouTube videos to be viewed from within the Google+ interface -
Stat Update
60 Hours of video are uploaded every minute(1 per Second)
4 billion videos are viewed a day
In 2011, YouTube had over 1 trillion views which is equivalent to 140 per person on Earth Viral Video Update -
YouTube v Viacom Update 2
In the U.S. Court of Appeals Judges José A. Cabranes and Debra Ann Livingston overturned the previous decision on the case stating that YouTube/Google abused the safe harbor defense.
