When that concept failed, the founders opened the site up to any type of video – and transformed the way we consume and ...

With over 2.5 billion monthly users, YouTube's influence is undeniable. So, here's to 20 years of YouTube. May it continue to ...

Two decades after creating the video platform, little is known about his life. Originally from Germany and naturalized as an ...

YouTube celebrates its 20th anniversary this Friday, February 14, 2025. Since its creation, the platform has profoundly ...

The company was founded on today’s date, back in 2005, by three former PayPal employees: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed ...

YouTube is a massive competitor to TV, an engagement beast, uploading as much new video every five minutes as the 2,400 hours ...

Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees activated the domain name "YouTube.com." The first YouTube video followed ...

Learn how YouTube transformed over 20 years into the biggest video platform, challenging traditional TV and creating stars.

And yet it began as a quirky idea by three former PayPal employees — Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen — who activated their domain on Valentine's Day 2005, hazy about its direction.

The original idea for YouTube varies depending on who you ask but what we do know for certain is that the very first clip ever uploaded ...