First YouTube video: This is the oldest upload of the video portal

As the oldest YouTube video, there is no makeup tutorial, no let's play and no music video. Instead, it's a short clip that shows a nice visit to the zoo. You can find out more about the video material here.

Oldest video on YouTube: "me at the zoo"

YouTube is part of everyday life for many Internet users. It wasn't that long ago that the video platform opened. The first and thus oldest YouTube video that was uploaded there is called "me at the zoo" in a very unspectacular way.

• "me at the zoo" was uploaded on April 23, 2005 by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim to the "jawed" channel.
• The video is 18 seconds long and shows Jawed Karim visiting the zoo in front of the elephant enclosure.
• Translated into German, he addressed the following words to the first YouTube viewers: "So here we are with the elephants. The cool thing about them is that they have this really long trunk. That is cool."
• The first comment on this video (and therefore the oldest comment on YouTube) says: "Interesting ..."