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YouTube

YouTube

YouTube

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.