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title: "The first video uploaded on YouTube"  
description: "A summary about oldest video upload on the YouTube and the person on that video"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-15  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2488/the-first-video-uploaded-on-youtube  
category: "education"  
tags: ["YouTube", "Facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# The first video uploaded on YouTube

![The first video uploaded on YouTube](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21ea17a8-8738-4d31-9c44-86a2005a9f36/images/494cdd50-9dd4-45f9-a00d-46a459c75277.jpeg) ![The first video uploaded on YouTube](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21ea17a8-8738-4d31-9c44-86a2005a9f36/images/494cdd50-9dd4-45f9-a00d-46a459c75277.jpeg) The oldest video uploaded to YouTube is titled "Me at the zoo" and was uploaded by Jawed Karim, on April 23, 2005 ![The first video uploaded on YouTube](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21ea17a8-8738-4d31-9c44-86a2005a9f36/images/7fab15cc-5d21-4517-9895-8c59d6004b33.jpeg) Jawed Karim, one of the three founders of YouTube, left YouTube in 2006 to pursue other interests. ![The first video uploaded on YouTube](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21ea17a8-8738-4d31-9c44-86a2005a9f36/images/7fab15cc-5d21-4517-9895-8c59d6004b33.jpeg) He is a software engineer and entrepreneur who was born in Merseburg, Germany, in 1979 ![The first video uploaded on YouTube](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21ea17a8-8738-4d31-9c44-86a2005a9f36/images/46959c86-3fb3-46cb-8513-7b23dfc7ca62.jpeg) His visionary entrepreneur helped to create one of the most popular websites in the world. ![The first video uploaded on YouTube](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21ea17a8-8738-4d31-9c44-86a2005a9f36/images/a355d895-56ff-40fd-a12f-4b056845f582.jpeg) The video has over 54 million views and is a reminder of the early days of YouTube.

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