The incredible story of how YouTube got its start and rose to become the world's most popular place to watch video
Oct 2, 2015, 20:18 IST
YouTube is the undisputed king of online video.
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It has over a billion users, which is almost a third of the entire internet population. These users watch hundreds of millions of hours of content every single day.
But many people don't know how YouTube got its start.
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The company rose like a rocket ship after its founding in 2005, and was bought by Google scarcely a year later.
Under Google, YouTube went from being a repository of amateur video to a powerhouse of original content, not to mention a launching pad for its own new brand of superstar, like PewDiePie.
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Here is how YouTube got its explosive start, and maintained that momentum to become the biggest force in online video.