YouTube: Still a Time Waster, Still Fun-5 Years Ago YouTube Started With a 19-Second Video

YouTube: Still a Time Waster, Still Fun
5 Years Ago YouTube Started With a 19-Second Video; Now it Gets 24 Hours of New Video a Minute and 96 Million Viewers a Month

CBS) It started with a video which had the line, "It's really cool." In retrospect, that first video was pretty lame. But at 8:27 p.m. on April 23, 2005, YouTube's cofounder took just 19 seconds to start a worldwide sensation, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy.

You can find just about anything on YouTube. Some of it can be a little trashy, but sometimes it's charming. From sneezing pandas, to dancing babies, to very capable cats, this is how many of us now spend and waste our time.

And who can forget the Obama girl?

YouTube claims that half of all 18-to-55-year-olds visit the site at least once a week.

Every minute of every day users upload 24 hours of new material to the site, and those videos are such a draw that more than 96 million people visit the site every month. That's why Google bought YouTube in 2006 for more than $1.6 billion.

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