YouTube

By Jess9641

  • It All Begins...

    PayPal alums Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded YouTube

  • First Video Uploaded

    "Me at the Zoo" - 19 seconds of Jawed Karim in front of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo

  • Most Watched Video of All Time (at that time)

    "Evolution of Dance" - 6 minute clip that recieved 70 million views in under 8 months

  • Google Buys YouTube

    Google buys Youtube for $1.65 billion

  • Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year

    YouTube was named Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year in 2006

  • Launched in Nine Countries

    Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK.

  • One Billion Daily Video Views

    11,574 per second

  • Two Billion Daily Video Views

    23,148 per second

  • Three Billion Daily Video Views

    34,722 per second

  • Site Gets Major Redesign

    First major update

  • Four Billion Daily Video Views

    46,296 per second

  • First Video Hits One Billion Views

    Gangnam Style - PSY