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  1. 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. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, since which it operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

  2. 3 days ago · By the summer of 2006, YouTube was serving more than 100 million videos per day, and the number of videos being uploaded to the site showed no sign of slowing down. The immense growth in traffic at YouTube created its own set of problems. The company continually had to purchase more computer equipment and more broadband connections to the Internet.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › YouTubeYouTube - Wikipedia

    YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States, it is the second-most visited website in the world, after Google Search.

  4. Nov 8, 2023 · The Founding of YouTube (2005) YouTube was founded in February 2005 by three early PayPal employees – Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The founders created YouTube with the goal of providing a convenient platform for sharing user-generated video content on the web. The domain "YouTube.com" was activated on February 14, 2005 – just ...

  5. www.officetimeline.com › blog › youtube-history-timelineHistory of YouTube: a timeline

    Feb 11, 2018 · YouTube timeline of events. 2005: Registration of YouTube trademark, logo and domain on Valentine’s Day. April 24, 2005: First video posted to the site (18 seconds long) 2005: Launch of its beta site in May, 2005. September 2005: Reaching its first one million-hit video.

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  6. Feb 20, 2024 · 20 February 2024. YouTube, was founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, 3 former paypal employees. Originally envisioned as a dating service, it quickly pivoted towards video streaming, catalyzed by the first video upload, “ Me at the zoo,” in April 2005. YouTube’s growth skyrocketed, introducing features like ...

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  8. Jan 8, 2024 · YouTube’s inception took place over a series of months in the year 2005. This period marked a seminal moment in Internet history — a time when the World Wide Web began to embrace user-generated content. The actual coding for YouTube started in January 2005, and the development phase spanned several months as the site was being prepared for ...

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