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YouTube is 20 years old and on this occasion we are going to tell you some such things about this platform, which 99 percent people do not know about.

YouTube was started by three people.
Highlights
- YouTube is now 20 years old.
- YouTube uploads 20 million videos every day.
- Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $ 1.65 billion.
New Delhi. YouTube is now 20 years old. It was started in the year 2005 and since then more than 20 billion videos have been uploaded on this platform. Every day about 20 million videos are uploaded on the platform and billions of likes are available. YouTube keeps doing some new experiments from time to time to maintain your users and in the coming time you are going to see many new features. These include customized multiview, voice reply and ‘Ask Music’ for YouTube TV. These users will improve experience and community interaction.
YouTube was started by three friends Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Javed Karim and the site was registered on 14 February 2005. After this, in November 2006, Google bought this site for $ 1.65 billion, since then it has been working as a subsidiary of Google. Let me tell you that the first video shared on YouTube was only 19 seconds “Me at the Zoo”. This video was shot by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim in San Diego Zoo. In this simple video, Karim is standing in front of elephants and a digital revolution started inadvertently from here.
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99% people do not know these 5 things about YouTube
1. According to YouTube, by April 2025, more than 20 million videos are uploaded on YouTube every day.
2. YouTube music and YouTube Kids are both 10 years old! But before the launch of YouTube Music, it was known as Kodename Woodstock.
3. In 2024, YouTube users made more than 100 million comments on an average daily and the creators heartbreated on an average of 10 million viewers every day.
4. Last year, on average, YouTube video received more than 3.5 billion likes daily from users.
5. More than 300 music videos on YouTube are included in Billion Views Club.