--- title: "When was Google created?" description: "A short explanation of the history of Google and who created it" author: "Anjita D." published: 2023-09-20 canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2570/when-was-google-created category: "education, history" tags: ["Google", "history", "facts", "general knowledge"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # When was Google created? ![When was Google created](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8e14bcb3-2a77-4166-aeb9-7be4d37f5816/images/270f7da5-60d2-4cba-b73c-330805fa5556.jpeg) ![When was Google created](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8e14bcb3-2a77-4166-aeb9-7be4d37f5816/images/fb032924-ba53-42c4-8f2e-286a9c0e6862.jpeg) Google was created on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. ![When was Google created](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8e14bcb3-2a77-4166-aeb9-7be4d37f5816/images/635a5975-d48a-4dc2-b84a-23289e64a3a5.jpeg) They called their search engine "BackRub," but then changed it to "Google" after the mathematical phrase "googol". ![When was Google created](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8e14bcb3-2a77-4166-aeb9-7be4d37f5816/images/0f58e8f3-3bfe-4caa-861b-cc5f51f7f1eb.jpeg) Google quickly became the most popular search engine in the world. ![When was Google created](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8e14bcb3-2a77-4166-aeb9-7be4d37f5816/images/bfe0135a-efa4-4620-81a5-a26ca00594c7.jpeg) Later, they released a variety of other products and services, including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Docs, and the Android operating system. ![When was Google created](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/8e14bcb3-2a77-4166-aeb9-7be4d37f5816/images/cff07b72-34bd-4955-b1ed-fa9a57d89a6f.jpeg) Google is now one of the most valuable firms in the world, with billions of people using its goods and services worldwide. --- Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2570/when-was-google-created Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.