Fact Behind Youtube

Some Interesting fact behind  Youtube

1.Paypal role in Youtube's start

Youtube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005. The three founders knew each other from working together at another Internet startup, Paypal. In fact, Hurley designed the Paypal logo after reading a Wired article about the online payment company and e-mailing the startup in search of a job. Youtube was initially funded by bonuses received following the eBay buy-out of PayPal. You could argue that if there was no PayPal;, there would be no Youtube.

2. Youtube Was created for a dating website

The founding trio didn't come up with the YouTube concept straight away. Legend has it that YouTube began life as a video dating site dubbed "Tune In Hook Up," said to be influenced by HotorNot. The three ultimately decided not to go that route. The inspiration for YouTube as we know it today is credited to two different events. The first was Karim's inability to find footage online of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction," and the second when Hurley and Chen were unable to share video footage of a dinner party due to e-mail attachment limitations.

3.The first-ever youtube Video 

The first video to ever be uploaded to YouTube isn't a classic by any means. Shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo it shows co-founder Jawed Karim in front of the elephant enclosure going on about long trunks. It has, nonetheless, racked up a very healthy 4,282,497 views since its online debut on April 23, 2005.

4. Youtube's Content Per Day

Your average person could spend their entire lifetime trying to watch all the content uploaded to YouTube in just one day. The platform’s users upload more than 500 hours of fresh video per minute, YouTube revealed at recent press events. That works out to 30,000 hours of new content per hour, and 720,000 hours of new content per day.

5.The Most Viewed And Liked Video On Youtube

Luis Fonsi’s reggaeton hit Despacito was a global megahit.

The song went to number one in 47 countries and made the top 10 in a further six. It became the first Spanish-language record to go to number one in the U.S. since Macarena back in 1996.

The song also set a record for the fastest song to reach one billion views, taking just 97 days. In comparison, it took Gangnam Style five months to achieve the same landmark.