{"id":7619,"date":"2022-07-13T04:50:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T04:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2022-07-13T04:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T04:50:06","slug":"how-old-is-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-youtube","title":{"rendered":"How Old Is YouTube?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a7072ede4db1\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a7072ede4db1\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a7072ede4db1\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-youtube\/#How_Old_Is_YouTube\" title=\"How Old Is YouTube?\">How Old Is YouTube?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-youtube\/#Founders_of_YouTube\" title=\"Founders of YouTube\">Founders of YouTube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-youtube\/#Age_restrictions_on_YouTube\" title=\"Age restrictions on YouTube\">Age restrictions on YouTube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-youtube\/#Impact_of_ad_blockers_on_YouTube\" title=\"Impact of ad blockers on YouTube\">Impact of ad blockers on YouTube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-youtube\/#Impact_of_piracy_on_YouTube\" title=\"Impact of piracy on YouTube\">Impact of piracy on YouTube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-old-is-youtube\/#Influence_of_Paytas_on_YouTube\" title=\"Influence of Paytas on YouTube\">Influence of Paytas on YouTube<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Old_Is_YouTube\"><\/span>How Old Is YouTube?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SiUHhpQ.png\" alt=\"how old is youtube\"> <\/p>\n<p>YouTube is a social networking and online video sharing website that was launched on February 14, 2005. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website in the world. It is the second most popular website in the world after Google Search. The company also owns other websites, including Vine, Instagram, and Facebook. Its founders were Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is an American company.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Founders_of_YouTube\"><\/span>Founders of YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Founders of YouTube are two men, Justin Chen and Chad Hurley. Both left the company after its acquisition by Google in 2011. While Hurley joined YouTube as the site&#8217;s first head of product, Chen left in 2011 to become Google&#8217;s head of business development. Hurley later left YouTube, but returned in 2019 as a senior product manager. Both men had previously worked at PayPal and Google. Yu Pan joined YouTube in 2005 as employee No. 1, and he describes the early days as &#8220;free exchange of ideas.&#8221; He also went to college with Karim and Chen. Chen and Hurley are friends and had been friends since high school. Yu Pan is currently a software engineer at Origin Protocol, a company cofounded by an early YouTube employee, Matthew Liu.<\/p>\n<p>Chen dropped out of college after he realized his passion for technology. He was a student at John Hersey High School and went on to attend Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. He later became the head of engineering at Materialize. He is now a partner in the company. YouTube&#8217;s founders were successful in building a company that would make money for creators. With a vision to change the world of entertainment, YouTube aims to make the Internet a better place for everyone.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Age_restrictions_on_YouTube\"><\/span>Age restrictions on YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To disable age restrictions on YouTube, log into your account and click on the profile icon. From there, click on the Personal Info tab. You can change your birth date to make it 18+ if you&#8217;re below that age. This will remove any restrictions. However, if you&#8217;re above that age, you&#8217;ll still be unable to watch videos. In these situations, you can appeal to remove the restrictions. To remove age restrictions on YouTube, sign into your account and click on the profile icon located in the top right corner of your screen.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube&#8217;s age restriction policy prevents users under the age of 18 from viewing videos that are inappropriate for them. By default, if a user is under 18 years old, he or she will be unable to create a YouTube account. Underage users must be accompanied by an adult in order to create a YouTube account. If you&#8217;re using Incognito mode or haven&#8217;t signed in for a few hours, you may have trouble viewing some content on YouTube. If you want to watch videos on YouTube, you can log in and disable the age restriction.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Impact_of_ad_blockers_on_YouTube\"><\/span>Impact of ad blockers on YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With ad blockers, users can see advertisements on YouTube, but not in their videos. Some ad blockers may be prone to YouTube&#8217;s ad ban, while others may not. YouTube may be unable to serve ads in all of its videos, but it can still combat ad blockers through its whitelist and upkeep. Its presence on YouTube may also make users aware of ad blockers, but how will this affect YouTube&#8217;s business?<\/p>\n<p>The impact of ad blockers on YouTube is difficult to predict, but it is worth a try. The most common ad blocker bars YouTube ads by default, but users can also use Vanced to block info cards, ending screens, watermarks, and natively implemented ad reads within videos, which allow companies to make money off of ad blockers. Other features of Vanced include the ability to customize the homepage, disable tabs that show movies that you can purchase, and create &#8220;allow lists&#8221; for ads.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Impact_of_piracy_on_YouTube\"><\/span>Impact of piracy on YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Piracy on YouTube has made it difficult for major record labels to compete with the emergence of free music. The industry makes billions of dollars through album sales, and free music has taken some of that money from them. But the success of YouTube is also taking away the incentive to pirate, and it may even be cannibalizing legal music sales. The success of YouTube has drastically changed the music industry. In just a decade, the internet and MP3 revolution revolutionized how we consume music.<\/p>\n<p>The music industry has calculated the cost of music piracy, and it is significant. It costs American workers jobs and earnings and depletes tax revenues. In the US, pirated video material receives 230 billion views a year, including 12.8 billion television shows and 2.2 billion movies. Piracy rates in other countries are even higher. Meanwhile, TV shows and movies remain the most popular content among pirates. But they are not the only types of pirated content.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Influence_of_Paytas_on_YouTube\"><\/span>Influence of Paytas on YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest trends in internet entertainment is the rise of &#8220;performance artists&#8221; like Hanna and Trisha Paytas. The two have gained popularity through original music videos and a combination of mukbangs and rants. Both are open about their mental illnesses and have been publicly feuding with David Dobrik&#8217;s Vlog Squad. In their videos, they talk about their personal struggles, which makes their content relatable to many viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Paytas&#8217;s rise has come at a cost. He has endured a series of broken relationships and suffered from body dysmorphia. He has also endured cruel online abuse, including teasing and ridicule. His appearance has often been mocked by fans, and his emotional outbursts have earned him a reputation as a melodramatic narrator. He has become a staple of the YouTube community, and has spread his influence to every corner of the web.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Old Is YouTube? YouTube is a social networking and online video sharing website that was launched on February 14, 2005. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website in the world. It is the second most popular website in the world after Google Search. 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