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.