'Me at the Zoo' was uploaded by then-25-year-old Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005
On April 23, 2005 — 15 years ago today — the first-ever YouTube video was uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim. The 18-second clip, titled “Me at the Zoo,” has amassed over 90 million views and is the only video on Karim’s channel.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
At the beginning of the video, Karim, who was 25 at the time, says from the San Diego Zoo in California, “Alright, so here we are, in front of the elephants.” “The cool thing about these guys is that they have really, really, really long, um, trunks. And that’s, that’s cool,” Karim continues, looking back at the elephants before adding, “And that’s pretty much all there is to say.”
One year after Karim created “Me at the Zoo,” he and fellow co-founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley sold YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion, according to
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The first ever YouTube video was uploaded 15 years ago today'The cool thing about these guys is that they have really, really, really long, um, trunks, And that's, that's cool. And that's pretty much all there is to say.'
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