Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees activated the domain name "YouTube.com." The first YouTube video followed ...

The company was founded on today’s date, back in 2005, by three former PayPal employees: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. On April 23rd Karim uploaded “Me at the Zoo” which is considered to ...

Two decades after creating the video platform, little is known about his life. Originally from Germany and naturalized as an ...

Turning 20 this year, a look at how an idea sparked by "Nipplegate" saw Justin Bieber, "Gangnam Style" and "Baby Shark" go ...

YouTube’s founders Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim were all early PayPal employees who wanted to start a company after eBay bought out their employer. According to Karim, the ...

YouTube has evolved from a dinner party lark 20 years ago into a modern lifestyle staple poised to overtake U.S. cable ...

The platform was founded on 14 February 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim in San Mateo, California.

YouTube might seem like an obvious idea now, but back in 2004 it was just the smallest wisp of a proto-idea floating around the brains of cofounders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.