'Gangnam Style' is probably the most influential video in YouTube history. Here's our breakdown of Psy's k-pop smash.
20 years of youtube
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20 years of YouTube: In 2013, PewDiePie’s Brofist shook up the creator world
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20 years of YouTube: In 2012, Psy rode around the world on the back of an invisible horse
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20 years of YouTube: In 2011, we got down on Friday with the ultimate hate-watch
Rebecca Black's 'Friday' is the ultimate rage bait. YouTube shows like The Annoying Orange and Fred occupied a similar space.
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20 years of YouTube: In 2010, we hid our kids and our wives (but not our excitement)
Is the Bed Intruder Song YouTube's all-time greatest viral video? We talked to Evan Gregory about the legendary schmoyoho hit.
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20 years of YouTube: In 2009, a ‘New Moon’ ushered in the next phase of movie marketing
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20 years of YouTube: In 2008, we did it live (and voted however we like)
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20 years of YouTube: In 2007, we all empathized with iJustine and her 300-page iPhone bill
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20 years of YouTube: In 2006, Lonelygirl15 taught us that nothing is real on the internet
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20 Years of YouTube: In 2005, a trip to the zoo started it all
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