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 ...

Within 18 months of "Me at the zoo"'s upload, Google purchased YouTube at $1.65 billion worth of stock in the still gargantuan tech company. Did you know this piece of internet history?

(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.

The video has since been viewed more than 162 million times. YouTube, headquartered in San Bruno, California, was founded on Valentine’s Day in 2005.

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.

Today, YouTube’s stats show the company has grown a bit, with over 2 billion monthly logged-in users. The video site is in 100 countries in 80 different languages and 500 hours of content are ...