The elephant enclosure at your local zoo is an interesting place to be. But until 20 years ago, it was somewhere you’d encounter in person—with reverence and intimacy. A video uploaded by YouTube ...

Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees launched YouTube.com, originally intended as a dating website with the slogan "Tune In, Hook Up." The co-founders—Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed ...

The 18 second clip was of YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim standing in front of some elephants. That humble video, uploaded 15 years ago this week, has now been viewed over 90 million times. Good ...

It’s been 20 years since the first YouTube video was uploaded. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the video “Me at the zoo” on April 23, 2005. The video, which now has over 355 million views, ...

The 19-second clip was uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the ...

Millennials, brace yourselves. YouTube's first video just turned the big 2-0.It was on April 23, 2005, that YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded a grainy 19-second video "Me at the zoo" to his ...

Jawed Karim, born on October 28, 1979, is a name that might not be as widely recognised as some of the internet's biggest stars, but his contributions to the digital world are nothing short of ...