![]() The first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, was uploaded on April 23, 2005, and shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo and currently has over 120 million views and almost 5 million likes. Ultimately, creating an easy to use video streaming platform that wouldn't stress out the new internet users of the early 2000s. The idea of the new company was for non-computer experts to be able to use a simple interface that allowed the user to publish, upload and view streaming videos through standard web browsers and modern internet speeds. After the infamous Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson Halftime show incident, the three creators realized they couldn't find any videos of it on the internet, after noticing that this type of platform did not exist they made the changes to become the first major video sharing platform. The concept was an online dating service that ultimately failed but had an exceptional video and uploading platform. The domain name "" was activated on February 14, 2005, with video upload options being integrated on April 23, 2005, after being named "Tune In, Hook Up" ─ the original idea of Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. ![]() YouTube's initial headquarters was above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. Prior to working for PayPal, Hurley studied design at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, when they worked for PayPal. November – Removal of public dislikes countįrom left to right: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. July – Purge of pre-2017 unlisted videos through mass-privatization. Removal of option for legacy website version (" disable_polymer")Īugust – Removal of optional email notifications for uploads September – Visible subscriber counts abbreviated to three leading digits January – Removal of annotations and AutoShare features March – Ability to modify video annotations removedĪugust – Logo changed and new "polymer" website version defaulted (preselected) September‒November – Google+ integration of comments sectionsĪpril – live streaming with 360° and 1440p September – Removal of video responses feature March‒June – Transition to the "One" channel layout July – 720p videos and support for 3D video June – Launch of "YouTube XL" front end for television sets June – Mobile web front end with RTSP streaming YouTube has faced criticism over aspects of its operations, including its handling of copyrighted content contained within uploaded videos, its recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories and falsehoods, hosting videos ostensibly targeting children but containing violent or sexually suggestive content involving popular characters, videos of minors attracting pedophilic activities in their comment sections, and fluctuating policies on the types of content that is eligible to be monetized with advertising. Based on reported quarterly advertising revenue, YouTube is estimated to have US$15 billion in annual revenues. As of May 2019, more than 500 hours of video content are uploaded to YouTube every minute. As of October 2020, YouTube is the second-most popular website in the world, behind Google, according to Alexa Internet. Available content includes video clips, TV show clips, music videos, short and documentary films, audio recordings, movie trailers, live streams, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.Īs of February 2017, there were more than 400 hours of content uploaded to YouTube each minute, and one billion hours of content being watched on YouTube every day. ![]() The slogan "Broadcast Yourself" used for several years and the reference to user profiles as "Channels" signifies the premise upon which the platform is based, of allowing anyone to operate a personal broadcasting station in resemblance to television with the extension of video on demand.Īs such, the platform offers a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media videos. YouTube allows users to upload videos, view them, rate them with likes and dislikes, share them, add videos to playlists, report, make comments on videos, and subscribe to other users. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, since which it operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, founded by three former PayPal employees- Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim– in February 2005. ![]() Note that each layout generation might have gone through minor undocumented iterations, and that appearance may vary with embedding parameters. Design history of the video player used by YouTube.
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