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10 Years Ago This Week: YouTube Turned 10

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing  tech highlights from 2015  that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the week ending May 2, 2015 . 20 years ago this week, the first video was uploaded to YouTube. That means that 10 years ago this week YouTube turned 10. Video celebrating YouTube's 10th birthday.   At the time, the most viewed channel was gamer PewDiePie  and Let's Play videos were a trend , as were vloggers , reaction videos,   dance and beauty tips . The 10th anniversary  highlighted  Felix Baumgartner's 2012 jump from the edge of space ;  Gangnam Style, the first music video to reach 1 billion views; and the ever-classic " Charlie bit my finger ".  And big things were happening on the platform. 2015 saw the launch of YouTube Kids, YouTube Music, and YouTube Gaming. And Google+ was disconnected, eventually changing the way comments and channel identity worked. The view from...