{"id":8972,"date":"2022-07-13T06:44:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2022-07-13T06:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:44:27","slug":"when-was-youtube-founded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-youtube-founded","title":{"rendered":"When Was YouTube Founded?"},"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-6a3149de03203\" 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-6a3149de03203\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3149de03203\" ><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\/when-was-youtube-founded\/#When_Was_YouTube_Founded\" title=\"When Was YouTube Founded?\">When Was YouTube Founded?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-youtube-founded\/#YouTubes_origins\" title=\"YouTube&#8217;s origins\">YouTube&#8217;s origins<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-youtube-founded\/#Its_growth\" title=\"Its growth\">Its growth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-youtube-founded\/#Its_impact_on_marketing\" title=\"Its impact on marketing\">Its impact on marketing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-youtube-founded\/#Its_impact_on_virality\" title=\"Its impact on virality\">Its impact on virality<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Was_YouTube_Founded\"><\/span>When Was YouTube Founded?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"when was youtube founded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uVaILEv.png\">  <\/p>\n<p>When was YouTube founded? In this article, we&#8217;ll examine YouTube&#8217;s earliest days, its growth, and its impact on marketing and virality. You&#8217;ll also learn about its future. What is YouTube? YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform, founded in 2005 by Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen. Today, YouTube is owned by Google and is the second-most-visited website after Google Search.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTubes_origins\"><\/span>YouTube&#8217;s origins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The idea behind YouTube was not immediately apparent when the company was started in 2004. In fact, it was originally a video dating website modeled after HotorNot. Hurley and Chen asked women to upload videos in exchange for $100 each, but struggled to find enough footage, so they pivoted the site to allow all types of video content. YouTube&#8217;s success was directly related to two events. First, Hurley and Chen were unsuccessful in getting enough videos to create an attractive dating site. Second, they were unable to upload video footage from a dinner party because the attachment limit prohibited sharing.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube&#8217;s founders were having a dinner party at Chen&#8217;s apartment. He invited his colleagues Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who were also attending the dinner party. They began shooting videos for the website, which eventually became the second largest search engine. Eventually, Google purchased the website, which continues to be a popular destination for videos from all over the world. Its popularity has grown to the point where the site is used by millions of people across the world.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_growth\"><\/span>Its growth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>YouTube is a popular video-sharing website with over two billion monthly visitors. These viewers watch hundreds of hours of video content. Since its launch, the site has become a thriving business, with thousands of companies investing a large portion of their marketing budget into YouTube posting. But the company that started as a small startup is now one of the most widely-used platforms. How is YouTube growing? Read on to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2005, YouTube launched on a limited scale and attracted 30,000 unique visitors per day. By December 15, the site was serving 2 million videos a day. By January 2006, YouTube had grown to a hundred million video views a day, and uploaded more than 20,000 new videos per day. This growth continued throughout 2006, when YouTube reached its current level of success. YouTube&#8217;s growth since its founding can be traced to a number of events and innovations.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_impact_on_marketing\"><\/span>Its impact on marketing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>YouTube launched in 2005, bringing video content to the masses. Many companies spent part of their marketing budgets on ads on YouTube. The growing popularity of online video allowed a growing number of content creators to earn money from their work. YouTube began investing in new features and services to keep users satisfied. In 2009, the site introduced automatic subtitles. This new feature was enabled by advanced speech recognition technology. Today, YouTube is a leading video-sharing website.<\/p>\n<p>The first one-million-view video on YouTube was uploaded by Nike in September 2005. Nike was one of the first major companies to take the social networking site seriously, investing $3.5 million into the company. YouTube quickly became a major player in the world of online video, and its impact on marketing today is undeniable. In November 2005, YouTube received a round of venture funding from Sequoia Capital.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_impact_on_virality\"><\/span>Its impact on virality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The virality of videos has many benefits for brands, from increased brand awareness to higher profits, but the main goal of viral marketing is to generate a message with a high SNP (share-per-node-per-second). Viral marketing works like a pyramid scheme in that the more viral the video, the more money it makes. While viral videos are often short-lived, they can still be very powerful for companies.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube&#8217;s algorithm has been criticized for failing to weed out videos of questionable quality. Although there is no perfect vetting process in place, most videos have a high chance of gaining attention despite the fact that they&#8217;re short and may contain adware or inappropriate content. The quality of videos does not necessarily correlate with popularity, and the company&#8217;s rules can blur the lines between sponsored and non-sponsored content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Was YouTube Founded? When was YouTube founded? In this article, we&#8217;ll examine YouTube&#8217;s earliest days, its growth, and its impact on marketing and virality. You&#8217;ll also learn about its future. What is YouTube? 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