2. What it is
Website that enables one to upload, view, and
share videos
Videos include
1. Music Videos
2. Short clips
3. Video Blogs
4. Original short shows
3. The Creators
Created by 3 former PayPal employees
1. Chad Hurley- Studied design at Indiana
University of Pensylvania
2. Steve Chen- Studied computer science at the
University of Illinois
3. Jawed Karim-Studied computer science at the
University of Illinois
Hurley Chen Karim
4. How it Started
Idea came after the 2004 tsunami, when Jawed
couldn’t find video of the tragedy event online
First headquarters was in San Mateo, California
YouTube.com domain was created February 14th,
2005
Officially launched in November, 2005
5. Growth
1st video was “Me at the Zoo” posted by creator
Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005
In July, 2006 YouTube averaged 65,000 new
uploads and 100 million views per day
In October, 2006 Google Inc. acquired YouTube for
$1.65 billion dollars in Google stock
In June, 2006 YouTube agreed to an
advertising/marketing deal with NBC
6. Growth (continued)
In November 2008, YouTube made a deal allowing
MGM, CBS, and Lions Gate to post full length
shows on YouTube to compete with Hulu.com
In January 2010 YouTube began offering a movie
rental service
In March 2010 YouTube offered the first free, live
streaming of a sporting event, the Indian Premier
Cricket League
7. Current YouTube Statistics
Over 1 billion users
300 hours of video uploaded per minute
Available in 75 countries
Available in 61 languages
Over a million advertisers
8. PewDiePie
Felix Kjellberg (October 24, 1989)
Started his YouTube channel on April 29, 2010
doing Lets Play style of vlogging
Unique and relatable style and commentary led to
a massive following of 13-18 year olds
Dropped out of Chalmers University of
Technology in 2011 to focus on YouTube career
9. PewDiePie (continued)
Subscribers
1. July 2012 - 1 million
2. April 2013- 6 million
3. August 2013- 15 million
4. February 2015- 35 million
His channel earns anywhere from $140,000 to
$1.4 million dollars a month
Featured on two consecutive South Park episodes
in December 2015
10. Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham (August 21, 1990)
Started doing comedic music in 2006 describing
teenage awkwardness and other teenage
situations
Videotaped and uploaded the videos of his two
debut songs “My Whole Family” and “My Little
Secret” so his brother could view them from
college
His videos were found and posted to Break.com,
where they became instantly viral
11. Bo Burnham (Continued)
In Fall 2007, Bo was contacted by Douglas Edley
to be signed to The Gersh Agency
In January, 2008 Bo Recorded The World Stands
up in London and also signed a four record deal
with Comedy Central
His First Full album, Bo Burnham released on
March 10, 2009
12. Reference Page
1. Henry, Zoe. "How YouTube's Biggest Star Got His Start."
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2. Yasin, Shahid. "History of YouTube." : Company History.
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3. Hardwick, Joshua. "Convince and Convert: Social Media
Strategy and Content Marketing Strategy." Convince and
Convert Social Media Strategy and Content Marketing
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4. Fitzpatrick, Laura. "Brief History YouTube." Time. Time
Inc., 31 May 2010. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
5. Bromley, Patrick. "Biography of Musical Comedian Bo
Burnham." Comedians.about.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb.
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