WATCH: Happy 20th birthday, YouTube! THIS is the 1st video uploaded back in 2005

CapeTalk's Clarence Ford speaks to Barbara Friedman about trending online stories.

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Happy birthday, YouTube!

Twenty years since its 2005 debut, the streaming platform has grown into the indisputable champion of online video streaming.

Fittingly for its 20th birthday, YouTube reported that, on average, there are over 20 million videos uploaded daily.

In terms of stats to mark the occasion, the platform reported that in 2024, YouTube users averaged over 100 million comments on videos daily and that creators hearted comments from an average of 10 million viewers every day.

In the next few weeks, YouTube TV members can experiment with building their own multiview with select non-sports content, starting with a small group of popular channels and expanding in the coming months.

In addition, users can now create their very own personalised radio station with Ask Music.

Ask Music is available on iOS and Android for all YouTube Premium and YouTube Music users.

YouTube is now the second biggest website globally after Google, which acquired the site in 2006 for $1.65 billion. It's the number one most-visited website by Gen Z, followed by Instagram and TikTok, according to a report from market research agency Opeepl.

To celebrate, watch the first video ever posted to the platform (by the YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim):

"It really is a milestone... it really has become the place where everyone uploads videos and watches videos... It's remarkable that on average, there are over 20 million videos uploaded to YouTube by some people who now have careers in content creation."

- Barbara Friedman

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