YouTube
Video Broadcasting Website/App
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, & Jawed Karium
FOUNDATION & HISTORY
2005: Created
2006: Summer; fastest growing site
Oct. 2006: Purchased by Google
2007: First annual YouTube awards
2008: Full-length entertainment videos accepted
Oct. 2012: First live stream on YouTube
STATS
2012: 60 Hours of video uploaded/min
March 21, 2013: users each month hit 1 billion
1 Billion use YouTube
81.9% are teens 14-17
Gangnam Style - First 1 billion views
GUIDELINES
No inappropriate content
COMMUNICATING NEWS?
News Channels' personal channel
Top 5 Channels
1. PewDiePie - 43 Million
2. HolaSoygerman - 27 Million
3. Smosh - 22 Million
4. JustinBiebervevo - 20 Million
5. OneDirectionvevo - 19.5 Million
YouTube Headquarters
Website: YouTube.com
Facebook: facebook.com/YouTube
Twitter: @YouTube