Youtube celebrated it's 5th birthday this year. Five years, that's how old Youtube is and it is one of the most lucrative business ventures in history. In 2006, just one year after it's founding, Google bought Youtube for 1.65 billion dollars. Three men who worked at Paypal were the creators of this new phenomenon.
Youtube provides users with the ability to upload videos they create.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8
The Youtube community is massive! Some videos, like the one above, have gotten millions of views.
Youtube is also important because it has given us the ability to access world events in moments. People who capture riots, government violence, police abuse, public speeches, news on wars, etc put these videos up on Youtube. What would have never been seen in our news is now uploaded for the world to see. For example,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F18X2ARcHXk (Graphic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EWUUBjPMo (Graphic)
There was also a case where Youtube helped spread awareness of the crookedness of the Iranian Presidential Elections in 2009.
This Youtube video explains it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXN_yCSbUYk
Youtube has also brought a new form of entertainment to the Internet and media in general. Youtube has paved the way for what is called "vlogging" a new form of blogging. Many people have become famous due to this new form of communication.
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| Charles Trippy is a Youtuber who has become famous in his own right with a fan base of about 500,000 people. |
Youtubers with extremely high subscribers and channel views actually get paid by Youtube.
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| The "Shaytards" channel stats. |
The Shaytards make enough money with their daily vlog that, Shay the father of this family, doesn't need to work. His vlog is his work. He makes enough money to support a family of six. It is all done with the ads that are placed on his channel.
With this influx of Youtube viewers the question has to be raised, Are more people attracted to the entertainments of the Internet? Is television becoming old technology?
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