History of YouTube Comic

1. THE HISTORY OF YOUTUBE

2. ON FEB. 14, 2005, “YOUTUBE.COM” WAS ACTIVATED. THREE FORMER
PAYPAL EMPLOYEES STARTED AN INTERNET DOMAIN TO CREATE A
VIDEO-SHARING WEBSITE. IT STARTED ABOVE A PIZZERIA AND
JAPANESE RESTAURANT IN SAN MATEO, CALIF.
I WANT TO POST
MY VIDEO OF MY
VISIT TO THE
ZOO!
WE’RE
GONNA
BE RICH!
YIPPEEE!!

3. OCTOBER 2006: GOOGLE PURCHASES YOUTUBE FOR MORE
THAN $1.7 BILLION. GOOGLE NAMES IT, “THE NEXT STEP IN
THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNET.”
JUST LAUGH.
WE’RE RICH!
YIPPEE!
WE’VE BEEN
SEARCHING FOR
YOU! GET IT?!
EVERYONE
LOVES SEARCH
ENGINE
HUMOR!
I DON’T GET IT.

4. SUMMER 2007: ADS FIRST APPEAR ON YOUTUBE. THEY TAKE UP
BOTTOM 20% OF EACH VIDEO. TODAY, YOUTUBE ADVERTISING
REVENUES WILL TOP $5.6 BILLION FOR 2013.
GOOGLE NEEDS
TO MAKE MONEY.
YIPPEE!
NO! WHY ARE
THERE ADS?

5. JANUARY 2007: BARACK OBAMA ANNOUNCES HIS
CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT ON YOUTUBE. LATER THAT
YEAR, CNN BROADCASTED DEBATES BETWEEN CANDIDATES
OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES VIA YOUTUBE.
HEY, WE’RE MORE
THAN JUST SHORT
VIDEOS THAT MAKE
YOU LAUGH!

6. JUNE 2007 – YOUTUBE LAUNCHES IN NINE COUNTRIES AND
LAUNCHES YOUTUBE MOBILE. YOUTUBE TODAY COMMANDS
HALF OF ALL ENTERTAINMENT CONSUMED THROUGH
SMARTPHONE AND TABLET APPLICATIONS.
YIPEE! NOW BRAZIL,
FRANCE, IRELAND,
ITALY, JAPAN,
NETHERLANDS, POLAND,
SPAIN AND THE UNITED
KINGDOM CAN USE
YOUTUBE

7. DECEMBER 2008:YOUTUBE FIRST OFFERS HIGH-DEFINITION
CONTENT. ACTUALLY, THERE IS ONLY 10% OF HD CONTENT
TOTAL ON YOUTUBE.
MY CAT VIDEOS
LOOK AWESOME!
WHOA, CHECK
OUT THAT
CLARITY!

8. BY 2011, YOUTUBE HAD MORE THAN 1 TRILLION TOTAL
VIEWS. THAT MEANT THERE WERE ALMOST 140 VIEWS FOR
EVERY PERSON ON EARTH.
OH YEAH? THREE YEARS
LATER, YOUTUBE HAD 4
BILLION VIEWS PER DAY.
IN 2010, YOUTUBE
REGISTERED ONE
BILLION VIDEO
VIEWS PER DAY.

9. DECEMBER 2012: “GANGNAM STYLE” BECOMES THE FIRST
YOUTUBE VIDEO TO REACH A BILLION VIEWS. IT’S THE MOST
POPULAR VID EVER AT 1.95 BILLION VIEWS SINCE APRIL 2014.
THIS GUY’S AN
IDIOT.
YES, BUT HE IS SMART.
INDEED, HE’S GETTING THE
MOST ATTENTION –
AND MONEY!

10. TODAY, MORE THAN 6 BILLION HOURS OF VIDEO ARE WATCHED
EACH MONTH ON YOUTUBE. 100 HOURS OF VIDEO ARE UPLOADED TO
YOUTUBE EVERY MINUTE.
WE ARE NOW
WORDWIDE: 80%
OF YOUTUBE
TRAFFIC COMES
FROM OUTSIDE
THE U.S.
THIS CLIP IS
FROM THE
U.K.!

11. THE END
WOW, WISH I HAD MADE
SOMETHING COOL LIKE THAT.
INSTEAD OF LIVING IN THE
SUBURBS…AS A GARBAGE
MAN!

12. Sites Used
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/04/06/youtubes-history-googles-repeated-revamps/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube
http://dailyinfographic.com/a-brief-history-of-youtube-infographic