history of youtube comic

THE HISTORY OF YOUTUBE

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!!

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.

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?

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!

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

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!

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.

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!

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.!

THE END

WOW, WISH I HAD MADE SOMETHING COOL LIKE THAT.

INSTEAD OF LIVING IN THE SUBURBS…AS A GARBAGE

MAN!

Sites Used

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