Top 10 Most Important Moments In Internet History

From humble beginnings to global dominance, the internet has transformed our world in just a few decades. Join us as we explore the pivotal milestones that shaped our digital landscape! Our countdown includes groundbreaking innovations, revolutionary platforms, and technological turning points that forever changed how we connect, communicate, and consume information. We'll take you from ARPANET's first connections to the birth of social media with Twitter's inaugural post, exploring everything from Wikipedia's knowledge revolution to Amazon's e-commerce transformation. Which internet milestone do you think had the biggest impact? Let us know in the comments below!

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[WatchMojo]

Which internet milestone do you think had the biggest impact? Let us know in the comments below!

[gamemasteranthony]

FUN FACT: The Monty Python SPAM sketch is the reason that the unsolicited ads are called SPAM, due to the fact the word is repeated ad nauseum in the sketch. The sketch is even talked about in the SPAM Museum in Austin, MN.

[Denis-]

I absolute love Wikipedia. One of few bright spots on the Internet. I even donated money on a few occasions just to keep it floating

[Virtzy_]

Bravo, you genuinely had me with club penguin 🐧😅

[chelseacanales]

YouTube is the best thing ever in the Internet history, along with ‘free’ music

[DrFunkadunk]

Sears was Amazon before the internet with their catalogue and honestly completely dropped the ball. They were in prime position to be the behemoth that Amazon now is, instead they are now essentially gone.

[Jeremiah_Rivers]

We owe YouTube to “Me At the Zoo, ” the very first video to hit the site.

[ferociousgumby]

"Napster" is the perfect cat name.

[Blaqjaqshellaq]

June 18, 1987: first JPEG images. ('Boats', 'Barbara', 'Toys', and 'Zelda', created in Copenhagen, Denmark.)
1993: first movie streamed online. (The 1991 film 'Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees.')
September 3, 1995: Ebay launched.
December, 1993: first modern search engine (Jumpstation).

[maxmeidl]

Imagine what the world would the world be like without YouTube

[sophiafullerton]

Thank you for the nod to Club Penguin. I no longer remember my puffle's color, but my little brother and I were obsessed.

[phillydog]

It's a crime that you failed to mention the First Web Browser.

[Jun_kid]

The defining moment for me -- when I clicked and joined the internet.

[olivier]

Great video ! Using Internet every days since 1997, still using my main e-mail adress since 1998. ICQ, Geocities, Netscape, FTP servers to update websites, tons of java applets everywhere, so expensives net providers, one hour to download a 5min 240p MPEG video... good old times ! 😁

[FABIOA.V.P]

It seems very fitting that you upload this video in 2025 since this year marks the 20th anniversary of YouTube and the 30th anniversary of Amazon.

[tremblingaspen]

7:30 - I am that person, but I have a Gmail account too.

[jacoryarnett]

The white and gold or blue and black dress is the moment that turn social media and society dumb after that debate.

[yvesrn]

I first heard of the “web world wide” or is it “wide web world” or “wide world web” - I can’t recall, back in 1994 reading a French magazine. I sent my first email at my internship job in 1993. I surfed the internet using Mosaic browser in 1995.

[HighTower]

I don't know how people still trust Wikipedia 100%

[jamesmendonca]

'Important' is a strong word for Spamming, since it was more problematic than helpful.