Me at the zoo

Me at the zoo is the first-ever video that was uploaded to YouTube. It was uploaded at 8:27'12 p.m. UTC on April 23, 2005 by the site's cofounder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" and recorded by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky. He created an account on YouTube the same day. The nineteen-second video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo, featuring Karim in front of the elephants, professing his interest in their "really, really, really long trunks".

Me at the zoo

Me at the zoo is the first-ever video that was uploaded to YouTube. It was uploaded at 8:27'12 p.m. UTC on April 23, 2005 by the site's cofounder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" and recorded by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky. He created an account on YouTube the same day. The nineteen-second video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo, featuring Karim in front of the elephants, professing his interest in their "really, really, really long trunks".