Timeline of events
| 2005 | July – Video HTML embedding |
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| July – Top videos page |
| August – 5-star rating system |
| October – Playlists |
| October – Full-screen view |
| October – Subscriptions |
| 2006 | January – Groups function |
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| February – Personalized profiles |
| March – 10-minute video limit |
| April – Directors function |
| May – Video responses |
| May – Cell phone uploading |
| June – Further personalized profiles |
| June – Viewing history |
| 2007 | June – Local language versions |
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| 2008 | March – 480p videos |
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| March – Video analytics tool |
| December – Audioswap |
| 2009 | January – Google Videos uploading halted |
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| July – 720p videos |
| November – 1080p videos |
| December – Automatic speech recognition |
| December – Vevo launch |
| 2010 | March – "Thumbs" rating system |
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| July – 4K video |
| 2011 | November – YouTube Analytics |
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| November – Feature film rental |
| 2012 | June – Merger with Google Video |
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| 2013 |
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| 2014 | October – 60 fps videos |
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| 2015 | March – 360° videos |
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| November – YouTube Red launches |
| 2016 | February – YouTube subscription service |
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| 2017 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2019 | October - Two ads appear |
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During the summer of 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest growing sites on the
World Wide Web,
[11] hosting more than 65,000 new video uploads. The site delivered an average of 100 million video views per day in July.
[12] It was ranked the fifth-most-popular website on
Alexa, far out-pacing even MySpace's rate of growth.
[13] The website averaged nearly 20 million visitors per month according to
Nielsen/NetRatings,
[12] with around 44% female and 56% male visitors. The 12- to 17-year-old age group was dominant.
[14]YouTube's pre-eminence in the online market was substantial. According to the website Hitwise.com, YouTube commanded up to 64% of the UK online video market.
[15]
YouTube entered into a marketing and advertising partnership with
NBC in June 2006.
[16]
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