How much of a bargain does the original Google acquisition of YouTube, for $1.65...

kibibu · on May 19, 2014

YouTube wasn't super huge when Google bought them though, I'd suspect twitch has bigger brand recognition now than YouTube had then.

Cookingboy · on May 19, 2014

YouTube was THE online video site back then. Twitch is pretty much unheard of these days by the general public other than people following the PC gaming scene.

kibibu · on May 19, 2014

In 2006 it was competing with DailyMotion and Vimeo at least.

josefresco · on May 19, 2014

Besides the two mentioned, the other main competition in 2005-6 for YouTube was Google Videos.