YouTube, founded by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen in 2005, aimed to simplify video sharing amidst the complexities of various formats. Fast forward 20 years, and YouTube has transformed into a colossal platform, boasting 3.5 billion monthly users and $36 billion in ad revenue. It's not just a place for video; it's a major player in music, podcasts, gaming, and social interactions, standing as the second most popular search engine and social network. Insights from YouTube insiders reveal its expansive evolution beyond just video content.
YouTube is not just a video-sharing platform anymore. It's podcasts and videos and music and games and group chats and a thousand other things.
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen had a sense that as digital cameras and cameraphones became ubiquitous, more people were going to want to share their footage.
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