YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. It was founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. In November 2006, YouTube was bought by Google Inc. and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google.
Today, in less than 3 years, YouTube became one of the top 10 most visited websites in the world ( Source : Hitwise). What contributed to the success of YouTube? Why do people visit YouTube?
Well, I guess it is because of the fact that everyone, or rather, ANYONE can watch videos on YouTube. Most people have the voyeuristic nature in them. They like to see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos relating to their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual and YouTube can satisfy their needs in this aspect.
With more people capturing special moments on video and uploading them on YouTube, I suppose they will inadvertently become the broadcasters of the future.
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