The trio was frustrated by how hard it was, at the time, to find and share video clips online. In May of , the beta version of YouTube was up on the net, and within a month, the very first video was posted. It was titled, "Me at the Zoo," and was a second long clip posted by Karim himself. The video featured footage of Karim at the San Diego Zoo, talking about elephants and their trunks.
By September of , YouTube had managed to get its first video with one million views. This was a Nike ad that went and gone viral. Nike was also one of the first major companies to embrace YouTube's promotional potential. Roelof Botha who also formerly worked for Paypal joined YouTube's board of directors. At Paypal, he primarily focused on the user experience UX of their interface. Steven Shih Chen was born in in Taipei, Taiwan. His family emigrated to the U.
Steve left the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy prior to graduating. He later attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated in with a degree in computer science. He would later join Paypal. Jawed Karim was born in in Merseburg, East Germany.
His father was Bangladeshi, and his mother was German. After experiencing xenophobia in Germany, his father moved the family to Saint Paul, Minnesota, in Jawed would later study computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, but left prior to graduating. After dropping out, Jawed would become an early employee of the fledgling Paypal.
The three founders knew each other from working together at another Internet start up, PayPal. Oh, has it evolved. Now with over 23 million channels, 5 billion videos are watched per day.
This has become quite the resource for any one trying to learn anything, but especially filmmakers From screenwriting to post-production, YouTube literally has it all. We've curated a list of some our top pics for each filmmaking category, including storytelling, video production, screenwriting, post-production. YouTube was founded earlier that year by three early PayPal employees. Since then, it's become the most popular free video-sharing platform in the world.
Take a look at the history of YouTube, from its start as a failed video-dating website to a powerhouse platform that's launched a new generation of money-making YouTubers and influencers. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Late Three early employees of e-payment startup PayPal — Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim — start working on an idea for a website for users to upload video-dating profiles.
They work out of Hurley's garage in Menlo Park, California. The website launches to a small subset of users. Instead, users start uploading videos of all kinds to YouTube. April Based on the feedback, the cofounders transformed YouTube into a free video-hosting platform where each clip has a unique link.
However, the story of how the cofounders got to this point is a much contested one. April While YouTube is still in private beta, first video ever is uploaded to the website. The video, called "Me at the Zoo," is only 18 seconds long. It shows Karim, one of the cofounders, standing in front of elephants at the San Diego zoo and talking about their trunks.
May YouTube launches its beta version to the public for the first time. As you can see, the design has changed quite a bit since then — the latest redesign to YouTube's homepage was in November Sequoia partner Roelof Botha worked at PayPal with the cofounders, and learned about YouTube after using it to upload old wedding and honeymoon videos. October YouTube sees a video hit 1 million views for the first time.
The video is a viral Nike ad showing Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho receiving his pair of "Golden Boots," and it demonstrates the power of YouTube's role in marketing and virality. December YouTube officially launches out of beta, and is made available to the public. At this point, YouTube is getting 8 million views a day. NBC's complaint paves the way for YouTube's "Content Verification Program," which launched in October to help content creators easily identify videos that infringe on their copyrights and get them removed.
Susan Wojcicki — YouTube's current CEO, who was in charge of Google's acquisitions at the time — credits this video with convincing her that it would be worth it for Google to invest in user-generated content by purchasing YouTube. When YouTube is acquired months later, these firms' investments pay out massively. The move helps the traditional media company enter the new digital age, and marks the beginning of YouTube's several key partnerships with content providers later down the road.
May A baby named Charlie takes the world by storm. The second home video of the toddler biting his brother's finger — and then smiling — is one of the earliest YouTube videos to go viral. July YouTube teams up with CNN to host a presidential debate during the election cycle, featuring video questions submitted by the public. Seven out of the 16 presidential candidates in announced their campaigns via YouTube. August Google rolls out its first ads on YouTube videos.
Instead of an option for traditional pre-video ads, the company chooses a new in-video format featuring semi-transparent banners that pop up on the lower portion of videos, and can be clicked away after several seconds. December YouTube rolls out its "Partner Program" to select creators, allowing them to earn money from their content based on ad revenue.
It allows YouTubers to turn their hobby into a career: Not even a year later, the most successful creators were earning six-figure incomes. September The viral hit, "Evolution of Dance," becomes the first YouTube video to hit million views. The video turned its star, motivational speaker Judson Laipply, into one of the earliest viral YouTubers. November YouTube expands its ad offerings to include sponsored videos and pre-roll ads, a format YouTube long said it wouldn't resort to because those ads were too intrusive to the audience.
However, the benefits paid to brands and advertisers beat out customer experience in the end. CNN Time to hit rewind. The first ever YouTube video was uploaded 15 years ago today. More Videos Relive your favorite YouTube moments of In , YouTube was giving rise to a new phenomenon: viral videos. Here's how YouTubers make money off platform.
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