2004
10
February
Flickr was launched by Ludicorp.
2004
09
December
Flickr’s service was widely used by photo researchers and bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social media platforms.
2005
09
March
Yahoo! acquired Ludicorp and Flickr.
2007
03
May
Yahoo! broadcasted that Yahoo! Photos would close down on September 20, 2007, and users were encouraged to migrate to Flickr.
2006
16
May
Flickr upgraded its services from "beta" to "gamma" status.
2006
13
December
Flickr upgraded upload limits on free accounts to 100 MB a month from 20 MB.
2009
01
January
Flickr partnered with Getty Images.
2014
25
March
Flickr had the first major site redesign, and introduced a "Justified View" close-spaced photo layout browsed via "infinite scrolling." Other features such as 1 terabyte of free storage for all users, a scrolling home page, and an updated Android app were introduced.
2015
07
May
Yahoo! overhauled the site, adding a revamped Camera Roll, new upload feature, and upgraded the site's apps. The new upload application was made available for Macs, Windows, and mobile devices.
Flickr was transferred from its owner Yahoo to SmugMug with 100+ million accounts and billions of photos and videos.