Published on: 2025-08-20 07:00:01
Twenty years ago today when Jawed Karim uploaded a grainy 19-second clip titled "Me at the Zoo" to his new platform, YouTube, he ushered in a new era in online video. The video of Karim visiting the San Diego Zoo was the first to appear on YouTube, the video platform founded by him, Steve Chen and Chad Hurley. The trio sold the service to Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion, and in the nearly two decades since, YouTube has evolved from a simple video-sharing site into a global media juggernaut. I
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