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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_YouTubeHistory of YouTube - Wikipedia

    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 .

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  3. www.businessinsider.com › history-of-youtubeYouTube History: How the Video-Sharing Website Became so ...

    May 28, 2024 · Paige Leskin and Ana Altchek. May 28, 2024, 3:05 PM PDT. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan took over the top job in 2023. Kevin Mazur/Getty. YouTube was founded by three PayPal employees in 2005. Since ...

  4. www.businessinsider.com › youtube-at-15-the-insideYouTube at 15: the Inside Story of YouTube's History ...

    Jun 1, 2020 · 'We had no idea how to do it': YouTube's founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth YouTube is 15 ...

  5. www.businessinsider.com › youtube-early-employeesYouTube's First 10 Employees and Its Founders ... - Insider

    May 29, 2020 · May 29, 2020, 11:37 AM PDT. YouTube cofounders Steve Chen, left, and Chad Hurley. Tony Avelar/AP. YouTube has come a long way since 2005. Back then, YouTube had only 10 employees, plus cofounders ...

  6. ourworldindata.org › rise-of-social-mediaThe rise of social media - Our World in Data

    Sep 18, 2019 · Some perspective on how fast and profound these rapid changes are. The percentage of US adults who use social media increased from 5% in 2005 to 79% in 2019. Even on a global stage, the speed of diffusion is striking: Facebook surged from covering around 1.5% of the world population in 2008 to around 30% in 2018.5.

  7. interestingengineering.com › culture › youtubesA brief timeline of YouTube's history and its impact on the ...

    Jul 6, 2023 · July 2005: Video HTML embedding was added to the site for the very first time. August 2005: 5-star rating system was added to YouTube. September 2005: A Nike ad becomes the first video to hit 1 ...

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  9. www.npr.org › 2022/09/08 › 1121703368How YouTube became one of the planet's most influential ... - NPR

    Sep 8, 2022 · When congressional leaders grilled social media executives last year about spreading misinformation on the 2020 election and COVID-19, most of the heat was on Facebook, Twitter and the search ...