The very first video uploaded on YouTube, titled Me at the zoo, was shot in the San Diego Zoo. In the video, the co-founder of YouTube, Jawed Karim, was seen calling the elephant trunks cool.

The clip has earned over 335 million views, and was posted by one of YouTube's three co-foundersCredit: YouTube/Jawed It's called "Me at the zoo" and it was uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim.

April 23, 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the first ever video uploaded on YouTube by the company's 25-year-old co-founder ...

YouTube's first video just turned the big 2-0.It was on April 23, 2005, that YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded a grainy ...

April 23, 2005, changed how we consume content. It saw the birth of the video-sharing platform YouTube. The first video ...

Today marks 20 years since the first-ever YouTube video, "Me at the Zoo," was uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005. The short 19-second clip, featuring Karim at the San Diego Zoo, has ...

YouTube's first video just turned the big 2-0.It was on April 23, 2005, that YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded a grainy 19-second video "Me at the zoo" to his brand new digital platform.