2005
01
January
YouTube was founded.
2005
23
April
The first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, was uploaded by Jawed Karim.
2005
23
May
YouTube offered the public a beta test of the site.
2006
01
July
YouTube had more than 65,000 new videos being uploaded every day, and there were 100 million video views per day.
2006
01
January
YouTube was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion.
2010
01
March
YouTube started free streaming of certain content, including 60 cricket matches of the Indian Premier League.
2010
31
March
The YouTube website launched a new design.
2010
01
May
YouTube videos were watched more than two billion times per day.
2013
01
May
100 hours of new videos were uploaded to YouTube every minute. The same month, YouTube launched a pilot program for content providers to offer premium, subscription-based channels.
YouTube re-branded YouTube Red as YouTube Premium.