YouTube uploaded its first video 10 years ago today

It's hard to imagine a world without YouTube. Since its launch in 2005, the video-sharing site has amassed worldwide exposure, becoming one of the most important advertising platforms, capable of connecting with billions of people.

It’s hard to imagine a world without YouTube. Since its launch in 2005, the video-sharing site has amassed worldwide exposure, becoming one of the most important advertising platforms, capable of connecting with billions of people.

‘Me at the zoo’ was the first video uploaded to the site, simply showing a man standing in front an elephant enclosure.

The man in question is one of YouTube’s co-founder’s Jawed Karim. When Google acquired YouTube he received 137,443 shares of stock, worth around $64m – nice work elephant man!

 

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