What Is YouTube You create a cool dance to a popular new hip hop song Your friend films you dancing to the music in a park The video turns out really well You decide to upload it online as a tutorial Your dad helps you post the video on YouTube When you and your dad log in to the account the next day you see that the video has been viewed thousands of times You're a social media star This is the fun of You Tube You Tube is a video sharing website and app You Tubers create and post videos on all sorts of topics including music videos tutorials silly animal videos and more Some users have even become famous from their YouTube videos
Interaction is a major part of YouTube Users like comment on and learn from one another's videos This creates online communities YouTubers from all over the world share creative ideas and inspire one another to create interesting content
YouTube Site Bytes Purpose sharing videos Type of Service website and app URL www youtube com App name YouTube Date of Founding February 2005 Tech Terms Streaming Streaming is watching video content live YouTubers get permission from YouTube to upload live videos This allows them to send content to YouTube as they are shooting it The content instantly becomes visible to viewers Channel A YouTube channel is a collection of videos from the same user Users can subscribe to YouTube channels to receive alerts when new content is uploaded Founders Steve Chen Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim Compatible Devices Tablet Smartphone Laptop
Founding YouTube Steve Chen Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim met while working at PayPal an e payment website They discussed many Internet start up ideas before creating YouTube The founders launched YouTube in May 2005 It was meant to be a video dating service But users uploaded videos of all kinds Soon these videos were getting millions of views a day Technology company Google purchased You Tube from Chen Hurley and Karim in Chad Hurley Steve Chen November 2006 Since then You Tube has Jawed Karim continued to grow in popularity You Tube Account Info Users must be at least 13 to create an account Users can create accounts on YouTube's website They can also download the YouTube app to smartphones or tablets Only people with YouTube accounts may upload videos Anyone can view YouTube videos posted to public accounts Videos posted to private accounts can only be viewed by people chosen by the original poster People with YouTube accounts can like and comment on videos
