YOUTUBE

WHAT IS YOUTUBE?

• YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally created videos.
• Users can upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com
• YouTube enables video embedding which allows YouTube videos to be placed on non YouTube pages.

WHEN WAS IT LAUNCHED?

• YouTube was first launched on February 14, 2005
• YouTube was founded as a destination to watch and share videos worldwide.
• YouTube can only be set through by the web.

WHO INVENTED YOUTUBE?

• YouTube was first invented by a group of friends named Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Kari,
• The 3 men invented and came up with the idea outside of their garage!
• They came up with it to connect the world with entertainment.

HOW MANY USERS DOES YOUTUBE HAVE?

• YouTube has over 1 billion users
• 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute
• The company gets an outstanding rate of 10/10

QUICK FACTS!

• 60% of a creators views come from outside their home country.
• YouTube is localized in 75 countries and available in 61 languages.
• Mobile revenue on YouTube is up over 100%

HOW MUCH MONEY DOES YOUTUBE MAKE?

• YouTube raised about $11.5 million in two rounds of financing before being bought by Google.
• The deal was valued in excess of $1.65 billion in October, 2006.
• In 2012 the made around 3.6 billion in revenues.

WORKS CITED

• Youtube.com
• Inventors.about.com
• Huffingtonpost.com
• Adweek.com
• Google Images

HOW DOES THIS IMPROVE LITERACY?

• Youtube improves literacy in a various amount of ways.
• Its ability to improve literacy is learning new online tools.
• You can learn new ways to type, find history, and discover different types of reading skilss