SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE YouTube URL http www youtube com PURPOSE YouTube is a video sharing website Users can watch upload and comment on videos sk MAY 2005 YouTube is launched CURRENT CEO Susan Wojcicki NOVEMBER 2006 Google buys YouTube NUMBER OF USERS More than 1 billion You JULY 2010 Maximum length of videos increases to 15 minutes Tube DECEMBER 2011 YouTube introduces channels
Meet the Founders STEVE CHEN was born in Taiwan He moved to the United States at age 15 Later Chen attended college at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign After graduation he began working at the e payment website PayPal CHAD HURLEY is from Pennsylvania He earned a degree in fine art from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania After graduation Hurley also got a job at PayPal where he met Chen JAWED KARIM was born in Germany He moved to the United States around age 13 He went to college with Chen but dropped out to work at PayPal Chen Hurley and Karim left PayPal to start YouTube in 2005 Karim later left YouTube to continue in school Jawed Karim Chad Hurley Steve Chen
CHAPTER 1 What Is YouTube friend throws down some serious moves at the skate park You film her with your phone and upload the video to YouTube Overnight the video goes viral Your friend is a worldwide star That's the power of YouTube You Tube is a video sharing community The site makes it easy for almost anyone to show videos to the world YouTube plays host to all kinds of videos Viewers can watch how to videos funny cat videos and more And for every person who YROCESS About one third of all people on the Internet are YouTube users
Singer PSY's Gangnam Style video has had more than 2 billion views on YouTube uploads a video hundreds more have an opinion about it Users are free to comment on videos and share them across the Internet
