-
On Valentine's Day 2005, three PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim register the domain name youtube.com History of YouTube
-
-
First Video uploaded featuring YouTube founder Jawed Karim entitled "Me at the Zoo". First Video
-
Beta version of YoutTube is launced.
-
YouTube enables embeded feature allowing users to share videos on other website.
-
YouTube offically launches with approximately 8 million videos watched a day.
-
In March 2006, both the content verification and filtering technolgy programs are launched.
-
YouTube unveals new video response feature
-
YouTube reaches 100 million videos viewed per day, and has 65,000 new videos uploaded to the site each day.
-
Google acquries YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Wordle Wordle Backup
-
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.
-
First known instance of a Rick Roll occurs, one of the most popular memes in YouTube's history.
-
YouTube Mobile is launched
-
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 Elizabeth launches her on YouTube channel.
-
YouTube/CNN team up to hold Republican Party Presidental Debate.
-
YouTube partner program is launched. This allows users who reach a big enough following to partner with youtube to potentially earn money.
-
YouTube becomes so popular that ten hours of new video are uploaded each minute.
-
13 Hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute
-
Annotation feature added which allows uploaded to add notes on thier video.
-
YouTube adds caption feature that transcribes the audio from the video into an on screen text.
-
15 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute
-
YouTube allows users the option to watch and upload videos in 720p HD.
-
US President and Congress YouTube Channels launched
-
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.
-
YouTube reaches twenty hours of new content uploaded to the site each minute.
-
Videos can now be watched in 3D.
-
YouTube reaches 1 billion views per day.
-
U2 streams a live concert for free through YouTube
-
YouTube rentals is launched allowing users to rent and watch full lenth movies off the website.
-
24 Hours of video uploaded per minute on the site.
-
YouTube reaches milestone of two billion views per day.
-
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.
-
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley steps down as CEO; Salar Kamangar named new CEO
-
Google+ is integrated directly with YouTube and the Google Chrome allowing YouTube videos to be viewed from within the Google+ interface
-
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 -
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.
