YouTube allows users to upload videos, view videos, like and dislike them, share them, add videos to playlists, report videos, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. The tagline "Broadcast Yourself" used for several years and the reference to user profiles as "Channels" signifies the premise on which the platform is based, to allow anyone to run a personal TV-like broadcast station with video-on-demand extensions.
Social media videos
As such, the platform offers a wide variety of
user-generated and corporate media videos. Available content includes video
clips, TV show clips, music videos, shorts and documentaries, audio recordings,
movie trailers, live streams, and other content such as video blogs, short
original videos, and educational videos. As of February 2017, more than 400
hours of content were uploaded to YouTube every minute, and one billion hours
of content were watched on YouTube every day.
Most
popular websites
As of October 2020, YouTube is the second most popular
website in the world, behind Google, according to Alexa Internet. As of May
2019, more than 500 hours of video content are uploaded to YouTube every
minute. Based on reported quarterly advertising revenue, YouTube is estimated
to have annual revenue of $15 billion.
Copyright Content
YouTube has faced criticism for aspects of its operations,
including its handling of copyrighted content contained in uploaded videos, its
recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories
and falsehoods, and hosting videos that appear to target children, but contain
violence or sexual undertones. Content featuring popular characters, videos of
minors engaging in pedophile activity in comment sections, and variable
policies regarding the types of content that can be monetized by advertising.
Videos and uploads
The domain name "YouTube.com" was activated on
February 14, 2005, and video upload capabilities were integrated on April 23,
2005 after being named "Tune in, Join" - an original idea by Chad
Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The concept was an online dating service
that ultimately failed but had an exceptional platform for videos and uploads.
Modern
Internet speed
After the infamous Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson
Halftime show incident, the three creators realized they couldn't find any
videos of the event online, after noticing that this type of platform didn't
exist, they made changes to become the first major video sharing. Platform. The
idea behind the new company was to allow non-computer professionals to use a
simple interface that allows the user to publish, upload and view streaming
videos through standard web browsers and modern internet speeds.
YouTube
channels and logo
Ultimately creating an easy-to-use video streaming platform
that won't stress out new internet users of the early 2000s. The first YouTube
video titled me at the zoo, was uploaded on April 23, 2005, showing a co-founder.
Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo, and currently has over 120 million views and
nearly 5 million likes. Hurley was responsible for more of the website's
appearance, using his artistic skills to create the logo and design the
website's appearance.
Design and
programming
Chen made sure that the site was indeed working and that
there would be no problems with the uploading and playback process. Burraq IT solutions provide Online Youtube marketing training courses in Lahore. Karim was
the programmer and helped ensure that the original website was built correctly
and helped with both design and programming. YouTube started as an angel
venture funded by a makeshift garage office.
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