The company was founded in 2009 by Jonathan Skogmo, Aldo Carrascoso and Josh Entman and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

[1][4] After realizing there was an opportunity to aggregate and monetize digital clips that appeared on YouTube and other online video platforms, he together with Aldo Carrascoso and Josh Entman started Jukin Media in 2009 from his West Hollywood apartment.

[1][4][5] Between 2013 and 2015, the company raised several rounds of funding totaling $4.2 million from investors including, among others, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Peter Guber, Maker Studios, and Samsung Ventures.

[10][11] On October 16, 2018, Sinclair Broadcast Group signed an agreement with Jukin to assume operational responsibilities for TBD, effective immediately.

[1][16] After being acquired, the video clips are licensed to third-parties that distribute them through a variety of channels including social media, television, and websites.

[24][25][26] In addition to viral videos, Jukin Media’s business model has contributed to widely circulated situations where content removal has occurred.

[citation needed] In addition to the company's video services, it is also the producer of World's Funniest on FOX and is the owner and operator of several consumer-facing entertainment brands, including FailArmy,[32][15] which compiles fail videos and has a subscriber base of approximately 14.5 million users on its YouTube channel and more than 18.4 million fans on its Facebook page as of March 2019, and The Pet Collective, which is a joint venture between Jukin and FremantleMedia's Tiny Riot!

[33][8][34] In November 2014, Jukin Media sued YouTuber Ray William Johnson and requested the removal of 41 "Equals Three" videos which sampled their content.