When was "YouTube" founded?

The story behind the answer

February 14, 2005 is correct: that’s when YouTube was founded by former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. The first video, “Me at the zoo,” followed on April 23, 2005, and Google acquired the platform in 2006 as it exploded in popularity.

To remember it, think “Valentine’s Day videos”—YouTube’s birthday is on February 14. Created to make sharing videos easy at a time when email couldn’t handle large files, YouTube rapidly reshaped entertainment, education, and global communication.