Me at the zoo - wikipedia Me at the zoo This article is about the first YouTube video. For the Chris Crocker documentary, see Me at the Zoo. Me at the zoo Play media Full video Website YouTube Published April 23, 2005 ; 13 years ago ( 2005 - 04 - 23 ) 20 : 27 : 12 ( PDT ) Filmed by Yakov Lapitsky Uploader Jawed Karim Duration 0 : 19 Film and Animation Me at the zoo is the first video that was uploaded to YouTube. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 at 20 : 27 : 12 PDT ( April 24, 2005 at 3 : 27 : 12 UTC ) by the site 's co-founder Jawed Karim, with the username `` jawed '' and recorded by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky. He created a YouTube account on the same day. The nineteen - second video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo, featuring Karim in front of the elephants in their old exhibit in Elephant Mesa, professing his interest in their `` really, really, really long trunks ''. Contents 1 Transcript and caption 2 Updates 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links Transcript and caption The transcript of the video is : `` All right, so here we are in front of the, uh, elephants, and the cool thing about these guys is that, 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. '' Updates In 2013, Karim protested YouTube 's plan to require Google+ accounts for all commenters. As part of this, he updated the description of `` Me at the zoo '' and added two annotations to the video. Reception The Los Angeles Times explains that `` as the first video uploaded to YouTube, it played a pivotal role in fundamentally altering how people consumed media and helped usher in a golden era of the 60 - second video. '' The Observer describes its production quality as `` poor ''. As of June 2018, the video has received more than 51 million views and more than 590,000 comments. It rapidly became the most accepted video on YouTube outlining what YouTube was to become. References Jump up ^ `` Extract Meta Data ''. www.amnestyusa.org. Retrieved February 22, 2017. Jump up ^ Hartley, Matt ( February 19, 2010 ). `` Ten of YouTube 's most influential videos ''. Canwest. Jump up ^ McGuinness, Ross ( April 15, 2010 ). `` Elephants to Gaga ''. Metro. p. 34. IT began with a spectacularly ordinary 18 - second clip of man at the zoo, watching some elephants... It has been viewed almost 2 million times. Jump up ^ Meltzer, Tom ; Phillips, Sarah ( October 23, 2009 ). `` G2 : A First Time For Everything ''. The Guardian ( London ). p. 14. `` Me at the zoo '' is a man called Karim 's 19 - second long report from the elephant enclosure at San Diego zoo... But its historical significance means that it has had well over a million hits so far. Jump up ^ `` jawed - YouTube ''. YouTube. Retrieved April 25, 2015. Joined 23 Apr 2005 ^ Jump up to : Hoby, Hermione ; Tom Lamont ( April 11, 2011 ). `` How YouTube made superstars out of everyday people ''. The Observer. Kings Place, London, England, UK : Guardian Media Group. ISSN 0029 - 7712. OCLC 50230244. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2011. A girl in red hotpants helped elect a US president, a British pensioner became everyone 's favourite grandad. In just five years, the YouTube website has invented a new kind of celebrity Jump up ^ Heffernan, Virginia ( September 6, 2009 ). `` Uploading the Avant - Garde ''. The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2011. The first video on YouTube was uploaded at 8 : 27 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2005. It 's called `` Me at the Zoo, '' and it features the musings of Jawed Karim, one of the site 's founders, as elephants nose around in hay behind him. Jump up ^ Bonanos, Paul ( April 23, 2014 ). Happy Ninth Birthday YouTube : From ' Me at the Zoo ' to a Billion Monthly Visits, Billboard ( magazine ) Jump up ^ Pham, Alex ( April 10, 2010 ). `` YouTube turns 5, ca n't wait to grow up ''. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California, USA : Eddy Hartenstein. ISSN 0458 - 3035. OCLC 3638237. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2011. Born as a clearinghouse for quick, quirky homemade videos, the site now seeks to add more professional -- and profitable -- content. Jump up ^ Karim, Jawed ( April 23, 2005 ). `` Me at the zoo ''. San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, USA : YouTube. Retrieved August 14, 2017. 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Question: who uploaded the first video on youtube ever
Answer: the site's co-founder Jawed Karim