Happy 19th Birthday YouTube - 14 Feb. An American Online Video Broadcasting Platform that made many of us into creators and broadcasters in our own right. A platform that got video content on every possible subject and getting it right from TV studios and Production Houses to our computers to phones. A platform that is the future of cinema and the final chapter about cinema theatres and TV channels on a standard TV set. An idea launched on 14 February 2005 by three American Techno Entrepreneurs – Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. There are multiple claims about how the idea came up. One version was Chen and Hurley decided to use a video site for online dating services while Karim claims – the search for 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami videos. Whatever the truth, the idea really revolutionised the internet usage and sharing of information and entertainment.
Thank You Mr. Chen, Mr. Hurley and Mr. Karim for this wonderful idea – Just cannot imagine life without it in the 21st century. Every single day – YouTube is automatically clicked on as soon as my computer or phone is touched.
Launched in 2005 at San Bruno near San Francisco, USA, YouTube is the second most accessed website on the internet after Google Search – which bought YouTube in 2006. Presently YouTube has more than 2.5 Billion Monthly Users, including me collectively watching 1 Billion hours of viewership every single day all across the globe with nearly 500 hours worth of videos uploaded per minute. As of 2023, YouTube has more than 14 Billion videos uploaded - that's nearly 2 videos per living person of the total population of our planet which stands at 8 Billion.
Since its purchase by Google, YouTube has expanded into Mobile Application, Online Television and with various video categories like Music Videos, News, Short Films, Feature Films, Documentaries, Movie Trailers, Live Streams, Vlogs and many more..Thanks to YouTube – I too have two active YouTube Broadcasting Channels with regular uploads of my songs and broadcasts of my Concerts of my unique Sukoonbhare Nagme in Hindustani and Easy Listening Melodies in English.
Happy Birthday to yet another Guru of my life – I have learnt so much from you – YouTube
Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim - The Founders of YouTube - all in their 20s in 2005.
The GUI or Graphical User Interface of YouTube in India - This varies with every country, language and time epoch.
YouTube Headquarters - San Bruno, USA
Happy Birthday Youtube!! बहुत ही सुंदर लिखा हैं Dr. Salil Lãtay जी आपने ये ब्लॉग!! Youtube से हम सब का नाता बहुत ही करीब हो चुका हैं l - Pt. Hrishikesh Mahale ( Singer, Music Director from India )
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