It was on April 23, 2005, that a simple 18-second video titled “Me at the zoo” was posted by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karin. The rest is internet history.

Meanwhile, the YouTube description for “Me at the zoo” has been updated several times. At the start, it read: The first video on YouTube, uploaded at 8:27 P.M. on Saturday April 23rd, 2005.

Can you believe it? Friday marks 16 years since the first video was posted to YouTube. It all started at the zoo. The video was posted on April 23, 2005 by Jawed Karim.

Tap to view if on News app. The 19-second, heavily pixelated "Me at the zoo" video was uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" 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 ...

In the eighteen-second clip “Me At The Zoo,” uploaded for the world to see nine years ago today, April 23, 2005, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim stands before the old Elephant Mesa habitat at ...

YouTube founder Jawed Karim shared the unedited 18-second clip of himself in front of the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo on April 23, 2005. "Me at the Zoo" now has 263 million views.

The first video ever uploaded to YouTube is 19 seconds long. In it, Jawed Karim, a co-founder of the site, stands in front of an elephant exhibit at the San Diego Zoo. “The cool thing about ...

(KDVR /NEXSTAR) — Can you believe it? Friday marks 16 years since the first video was posted to YouTube. It all started at the San Diego Zoo. The video was posted on April 23, 2005, by Jawed Karim.

Tap to view if on News app. The 19-second, heavily pixelated "Me at the zoo" video was uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" on April 23, 2005.