{"id":2862,"date":"2020-04-23T07:43:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2020-04-23T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:43:18","slug":"happy-quinceanera-to-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/happy-quinceanera-to-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Quinceanera to YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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YouTube is turning 15, and to celebrate, the Morning Brew put together this nice package of stats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been 15 years to the day since YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim uploaded the platform’s first-ever video<\/a>, 18 seconds of him pontificating about elephant trunks at the San Diego Zoo. Here\u2019s a brief timeline on what\u2019s happened since:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005<\/strong>: YouTube launches its public beta in May, and with $3.5 million from Sequoia Capital it goes beyond beta by the end of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006: <\/strong>Google acquires YouTube for $1.7 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007: <\/strong>“Charlie bit my finger<\/a>\u201d becomes the first viral video, proving babies are cuter than cats, and YouTube goes mobile-friendly the same month the first iPhone hits stores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008: <\/strong>“Evolution of Dance<\/a>” gets a record-breaking 100 million views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009:<\/strong> Justin Bieber. Vevo. The music world is never the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: <\/strong>Psy\u2019s \u201cGangnam Style<\/a>\u201d gets a historic 1 billion views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: <\/strong>Susan Wojcicki becomes YouTube\u2019s third CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: <\/strong>The \u201cAdpocalypse<\/a>\u201d and \u201cElsagate<\/a>\u201d throw the platform under public scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of last year, <\/strong>500 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube…every minute<\/a>. There\u2019s no sign of that number going down, especially amid COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

YouTube is turning 15, and to celebrate, the Morning Brew put together this nice package of stats: It\u2019s been 15 years to the day since YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim uploaded the platform’s first-ever video, 18 seconds of him pontificating about elephant trunks at the San Diego Zoo. Here\u2019s a brief timeline on what\u2019s happened since: 2005: … <\/p>\n

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