Surprising Facts About Social Media and Internet Culture

The first YouTube video, uploaded in April 2005, features co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo.

The hashtag, now a staple of social media, was first used on Twitter in 2007 by Chris Messina.

The term 'selfie' was named the Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year in 2013.

The most liked photo on Instagram is an egg, which gained over 55 million likes to dethrone a photo of Kylie Jenner.

Facebook's 'Like' button was almost called the 'Awesome' button before its official launch in 2009.

The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971, and it was a test message to himself.

TikTok was the most downloaded app in 2020, surpassing Facebook's global downloads.