Early Days
YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by three former PayPal employees: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.
- The first video ever uploaded to YouTube was a 19-second video titled 'Me at the zoo', featuring co-founder Jawed Karim.
- In October 2006, YouTube was acquired by Google for $1.65 billion in stock.
Rapid Growth
By 2007, YouTube had become one of the fastest-growing websites on the internet.
Today, YouTube is the second most visited website in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users.