Youtube is one of the most popular websites on the internet and offers visitors the opportunity to watch, upload and share videos on the internet. It is reported that over 24 hours of video is uploaded to Youtube every minute and Youtube recently recorded over 2 billion (yes that’s with nine zeros) video views in one day.
Youtube is celebration it’s five year anniversary and Youtube users can upload a video explaining how Youtube has impacted their lives. Youtube catapulted unto the interwebs in April 2005 and was an instant hit. Eyes where raised when Google acquired the year old start-up in November 2006 for a reported $1.65 billion. Five-year anniversary video embedded below as well as an info-graphic showing information about Youtube and it’s achievements in it’s first five years of existence. Can you imagine what the next five years will be like for Youtube?
Visit Youtube’s special five year landing page at youtube.com/fiveyear.
One response to “YouTube Turns Five – Video and Infographic”
Wow, how far we’ve come since humble beginnings.
I remember being at a LAN center when we landed on YouTube – back in ’05. I admit, we laughed a little because the old interface was quite horrendous and the videos were truly awful but as it picked up, we watch it grow before our eyes.
Since then, I think we’ve all uploaded a video or two – it’s infectious haha