The document summarizes the rise of the video sharing website YouTube. It describes YouTube as a site that allows users to upload, view, and share videos including music videos, short clips, vlogs, and original shows. YouTube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim after Karim was unable to find video online of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The site grew rapidly, reaching over 1 billion users who upload 300 hours of content per minute. In 2006, Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion. The document also profiles two popular YouTube creators, PewDiePie and Bo Burnham.

1. The Rise of
YouTube
By: Patrick Mahoney

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

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