Me At The Zoo

Me At The Zoo is a first Popular video on Website Called YouTube On April 23,2005 around 8:31:52 p.m. PDT, or April 24, 2005, at 03:31:52 UTC.it was started by a 25 Year old Jawed Karim Who Co-worker of YouTube Founder  in front of two elephants at the San Diego Zoo, noting their long trunks. Using Karim's camera, it was recorded by his high school friend, Yakov Lapitsky, a University of DelawarePhD student at the time, who was in San Diego to deliver his research to the American Chemical Society As of 2022 The Video was Still Active on His Channel.

Quotes on The Video
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.

Legacy
Greg Jarboe describes the video's representation of an "ordinary moment" to be "extraordinary" for its time, demonstrating YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim's vision of what YouTube would become. According to Jarboe, "Me at the zoo" showed that YouTube was not simply about trying to "capture special moments on video" but rather trying to empower YouTube users "to become the broadcasters of tomorrow". This paved the way for YouTube to become the world's most popular online video-sharing community. Aaron Duplantier said that the ordinary "everydayness" and "dry aesthetics" of "Me at the zoo" set the tone for the type of original amateur content that would become typical of YouTube, especially among YouTubers and vloggers. In addition to being the first video on YouTube, it has been described as the first YouTube vlog clip.

Business Insider ranked it the most important YouTube video of all time, stating: "It is representative of YouTube—it doesn't need to be this fancy production; it can be approachable. The first YouTube video is something anyone could create on their own." The New York Observeralso ranked it the most important video in YouTube history, stating "the thing is practically a historical artifact". BuzzFeed News listed it among the 20 most important online videos of all time.

On multiple occasions, Karim has used the video's description feed to criticize YouTube's business actions. In November of2013, in response to Google requiring YouTube users to use Google+ accounts to comment on videos, he updated the description to say "I can't comment here anymore, since i don't want a Google+ account". In November of 2021, the video's description was changed in response to YouTube's decision to remove video dislikes from public view, reading: "When every YouTuber agrees that removing dislikes is a stupid idea, it probably is. Try again, YouTube🤦‍♂️". A few days later, the description was changed again to a more detailed condemnation of YouTube's decision.