YouTube. Where did it begin?
In 2005, three early PayPal employees needed a way to share a video clip to prove the existence of a dinner party. The creators, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, described YouTube as being a video version of an online dating service however it is now recognised as one of the largest platform for sharing media in the world.
The headquarters were set up above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in California and the very first video posted to the website entitled 'Me at the Zoo' was uploaded by Jawed Karim, a co-founder of YouTube.
The video now has over 26 million views worldwide despite the fact that it is only 19 seconds long, and contains Mr Karim explaining his visit to San Diego Zoo which you would imagine is not a very interesting topic. However this kick-started people's interest in watching and sharing videos on the site and soon hundreds and thousands of people were posting videos regularly. What began as a simple way of sharing interesting content among your friends has now become a way for some people to make money and even earn a living.
Every minute, 300 hours of content is uploaded to the website to be enjoyed by friends, family and other subscribers. As of today, YouTube is the third most visited website online, just falling behind Facebook and Google, but ahead of sites such as Wikipedia, Twitter and Yahoo!.
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