Etymology. Website name, from you + tube (North American colloquial term for "television"), implying that users ("you") may submit their own television ("tube") content.
The name “YouTube” is actually pretty straightforward. The “You” represents that the content is user generated, created by individual users and not the site itself and “Tube” is a nod toward an older original term for television.
Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur of Bangladeshi and German descent. He is a co-founder of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site.
Initially, YouTube was created on Valentine's Day 2005 to be a video-dating website with the slogan 'Tune In, Hook Up'. It was meant for users to share videos of themselves talking about the kind of partner they wanted.
Channel. YouTube started out as a dating site. On Valentine's Day 2005 -- 18 years ago this month -- cofounder Chad Hurley registered the logo, trademark and domain name for YouTube.com. The idea was that users would upload videos talking about themselves and what they were looking for in a partner.
The most-subscribed channel is the Indian record label T-Series, which hosts its music videos on its channel.
Who Is The #1 Most Subscribed YouTuber? As of December 2022, MrBeast is the most-subscribed YouTuber, with 116 million subscribers. PewDiePie is the second most popular with 111 million subscribers.
You can make money on YouTube through the following features: Advertising revenue: Earn revenue from Watch Page ads and Shorts Feed ads. Shopping: Your fans can browse and buy products from your store, or products you tag from other brands through the YouTube Shopping affiliate program.
On October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock, which was completed on November 13. At that time it was Google's second-largest acquisition.
youtube won't ever ask you for money to delete something.
You may want to contact your local authorities regarding the blackmail as there's nothing youtube can do about that.
The most video uploads to a YouTube channel is 2,000,000, achieved by @roelvandepaar, owned by Roel Van de Paar (Australia), as verified on 13 October 2022. Roel's channel contains a wide range of videos but mostly focuses on providing help and support for people experiencing computer issues and technical problems.
Susan Diane Wojcicki (/wʊˈtʃɪtski/ woo-CHITS-kee; born July 5, 1968) is an American business executive who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022.
MrBeast is the individual YouTuber with the most subscribers at 149 million total, as of May 2023. Jimmy Donaldson, 24, is behind the MrBeast channel, and his videos involve elaborate stunts, challenges and giving away large sums of money.
YouTube star MrBeast is living up to his name. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, devoured the competition this week, leapfrogging PewDiePie to become the most followed individual YouTube creator. Donaldson first hit 111 million subscribers to be in a dead heat with rival PewDiePie on Nov. 11.
In 2019, he was the first person to attract 100 million subscribers. But the philanthropy of MrBeast, really called Jimmy Donaldson, gained him his 112 millionth subscriber this month. Although YouTube does not show the exact numbers, that pushed him above PewDiePie's 111 million.
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