Source: http://blog.vidiq.com/2013/05/the-youtube-player-a-brief-history/ "It’s hard to believe, but this week marks YouTube’s 8 year anniversary. In a short time, YouTube grew from relative obscurity to become a video platform with over 1 billion monthly active users, and the 3rd largest social network and 2nd largest search engine in the world. To celebrate we decided to take a trip down memory lane and highlight how the seen-but-rarely-acknowledged YouTube Embeddable Player has changed over the years. So break out your corn cob pipe and monocle, and join us on our trip down memory lane!" You can learn more about vidIQ at http://www.vidIQ.com/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vidIQ Also, check out our blog for more cutting-edge content: http://blog.vidiq.com/ Infographic created by Gabe Polk. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/gabepolk