YouTube Launches

2005

Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube and uploader of the site's first video ("Me at the zoo") on April 23, 2005. Three former PayPal employees, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, register the YouTube.com domain on Valentine's Day 2005. The first video, Karim's "Me at the zoo," uploads April 23. Google buys the site for $1.65 billion in October 2006. Video distribution stops being broadcast and starts being long-tail.