10 Interesting YouTube Facts That’ll
TotallySurpriseYou
YouTubeisthebiggestvideosharingsocialmediapla7ormintheworld.ItwasfoundedbySteven
Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. YouTube experienced exponenDal growth from 3-million
visitorsduringthefirstthreemonthsofitslaunchto38millionaIeritsfirstyear.Belowareten
fascinaDngYouTubefactsthatwilltotallysurpriseyou.
10.YouTubeisthesecondlargestsearchengineaIerGoogle.
9.WhenGoogleboughtYouTubein2006,itwasalreadylosing$500,000everymonthdespiteits
popularity.Today,GoogleusesYouTubeforitsadverDsingpotenDal.
8.Thereareover6billionhoursofvideosviewedeverymonthonYouTube.
7.YouTubewasiniDallycalledTuneInHookUpbutthefounderslaterdecidedtochangeittoits
currentnamebecausethewebsitethattheywanttomakefeaturesallkindsofvideosandnot
justvideosforsellingordaDng.
6.YouTubestartedinHurley’sgarage.TheywereabletomoveintoasmallofficeinSanMateo,
Californiain2006withonly20employees.
5. Not all countries allowed the use of YouTube at some point in Dme and these included
Bangladesh,Afghanistan,China,Brazil,Pakistan,Turkey,andSyria.
4.Morethan72hours’worthofvideosareuploadedonYouTubeeveryminute.
3.YouTubehasalwaysfeaturedanAprilFool’sprankonthesitesince2008.
2. The longest video on the site is 571 hours, 1 minute and 41 seconds long. The video is a
slideshowofJonathanHarchick’striptoChile.
GetMoreatBogglingFacts.com
1
1.ThefirstvideouploadedonYouTubewas“MeattheZoo”whichshowedoneofthefounders,
JawedKarim,talkingaboutelephants.ItwasuploadedonApril23,2005andisjust20seconds
long.Ithas11millionviewstodate.
BonusKnowledgeNugget
YouTubehascomealongwaysinceitwasestablishedinthegarageofChadHurley.Beforeitwas
boughtbyGoogle,itsrevenuewasesDmatedat$200millionaccordingtoForbesmagazine.
GetMoreatBogglingFacts.com
2