In this article, you will find a list of 16 oldest videos on YouTube together with interesting facts and hilarious user-generated comments.
If you’re willing to find out what was the first YouTube video that requires you to tilt your head to watch or what was the first video with a car door closing in it, then you’re in for a treat.
Here is the list of 16 oldest videos on YouTube:
- Me At The Zoo
- My Snowboarding Skillz
- Flambe Disaster
- Bootie Christ Dance
- German Dominating
- Boat Ride Tahoe @ 60mph
- Badass snowboarding
- Tribute
- Premature Baldness
- Wait, You Forgot To Close The Taxi Door
- Carrie Rides A Truck
- Carrie Chokes The Chicken
- Tiger Remixed
- Cybergoon Squad
- Vernal Lullaby
You can find each of the videos by copying its name into the YouTube search bar, but you can also browse through the article to learn more about each of the videos and visit YouTube from the red-colored links.
1. Me At The Zoo
So the first video that was uploaded on YouTube was “Me At The Zoo” by Jawed Karim. Jawed is one of the co-founders of YouTube, and he uploaded this video on April 23, 2005.
The first thing said on YouTube was this: “All right, so here we are in front of the elephants. The cool thing about these guys is that they have really long trunks, and that’s, that’s cool. And that’s pretty much all there is to say.”
Technically this video was published in Jawed’s channel seven months before YouTube was officially launched in November 2005.
The reason for this unknown, but the comments section of this video is a weird place. New comments begging for new subscribers appear every minute. Leave a comment if you know why is that?
If you want to find out what was the first YouTube comment or who was the first YouTuber to hit 1 million subscribers or other interesting facts, read my article “Who Was The First YouTuber?”
Information about the video
Channel name: jawed
Upload date: April 23, 2005
Subscribers: 867K
Views: 96.1 million
Comments: 6 million
Likes: 3.2 million
Dislikes: 99K
Video length: 18 seconds
2. My Snowboarding Skillz
Mv is considered the first channel that’s owned by someone who is not a YouTube founder.
It is also a first fail video on YouTube.
The first comment on this video is more than ten years old. Its author is MaCunaFa, and it says: “I wish I were that good.” YouTube comments were hilarious already back then.
Information about the video
Channel name: mw
Upload date: April 24, 2005
Subscribers: 3.28K
Views: 994K
Comments: 6.9K
Likes: 17K
Dislikes: 605
Video length: 10 seconds
3. Flambe Disaster
So the third video on YouTube. There is this one YouTube comment by When she open that window: “First video that doesn’t involve snowboards and elephants.” Well, on the day the video was posted it couldn’t be more true.
It is also the first video on YouTube with someone saying OMG.
They only had like 25 seconds of footage left to capture this video. So you better watch it and appreciate their effort.
Information about the video
Channel name: channelarchive (Re-uploaded video. Not original channel.)
Upload date: January 30, 2011 (originally April 24, 2005)
Subscribers: 341
Views: 117K
Comments: 400
Likes: 1.2K
Dislikes: 64
Video length: 16 seconds
4. Bootie Christ Dance
The fourth video on YouTube was the first video to have dancing.
At that time, it was also the first video without Elephants, snowboards, and fire. Okay, I will stop with this joke with the next video.
Information about the video
Channel name: ripBootieChrist (Re-uploaded video. Not original channel.)
Upload date: June 18, 2010
Subscribers: 169
Views: 60K
Comments: 215
Likes: 518
Dislikes: 47
Video length: 13 seconds
5. German Dominating
The first video that requires you to tilt your head to watch. Two guys are having a friendly fight. Few people are laughing in the background. It is kind of difficult to understand what exactly is going on there.
Information about the video
Channel name: ripBootieChrist (Re-uploaded video. Not original channel.)
Upload date: June 25, 2010
Subscribers: 169
Views: 60K
Comments: 215
Likes: 318
Dislikes: 27
Video length: 14 seconds
6. Boat Ride Tahoe @ 60mph
Like KryptikTV commented: “The first video that made you mute the video.”
It is just a video of two men riding a boat. Boat driver is saying something to the person with the camera, but the wind noise is so bad that it is impossible to hear nothing.
Make sure to turn down the volume before watching this video.
Information about the video
Channel name: ripBootieChrist (Re-uploaded video. Not original channel.)
Upload date: June 25, 2010
Subscribers: 169
Views: 60K
Comments: 215
Likes: 224
Dislikes: 12
Video length: 14 seconds
7. Badass snowboarding
The seventh oldest video on YouTube is again the snowboarding video.
Unlike the previous three uploads, it is the original upload from August 4, 2015.
A short paragraph from the channels description: “Myself and my buddies Michael and Jake snowboarding at the local golf course. We are all dressed the same. but I’m the one that does the Japan Air, Michael does the 180 (among many better tricks), and Jake does the Flying Squirrel.”
Unlike the first six YouTube videos, this video has decent video editing and even a few visual effects.
It also has appropriate background music. Its Godsmack – I Stand Alone.
Information about the video
Channel name: Ace4Benji
Upload date: August 4, 2015 (originally April 2,4 2005)
Subscribers: unknown
Views: 9K
Comments: 58
Likes: 98
Dislikes: 22
Video length: 1 minute and 12 seconds
8. Tribute
Some say that it is Jawed (co-founder of YouTube and the man who published the first video on YouTube) who captured this video. The background voice sounds like him, so that might be true.
It had to be pretty cool being able to choose your initials as the name for your YouTube channel.
Information about the video
Channel name: gp
Upload date: April 24, 2005
Subscribers: 1.64K
Views: 491K
Comments: 2.4K
Likes: 7.7K
Dislikes: 394
Video length: 5 seconds
9. Premature Baldness
In the 9th YouTube video, a man is getting a haircut in public, and its done random strangers. It also has some editing and background music. The video also promotes a still existing website address.
Information about the video
Channel name: paul
Upload date: April 28, 2005
Subscribers: 1.55K
Views: 196K
Comments: 720
Likes: 1.6K
Dislikes: 122
Video length: 1 minute 59 seconds
10. Wait, You Forgot To Close The Taxi Door
Congratulations! You made it until the first video with a car door closing in it.
The 10th YouTube video was filmed in Osaka, Japan. Could it be the first video published on YouTube that was filmed outside the US?
Information about the video
Channel name: channelarchive (Re-uploaded video. Not original channel.)
Upload date: January 22, 2011
Subscribers: 341
Views: 117K
Comments: 400
Likes: 286
Dislikes: 14
Video length: 4 seconds
11. Carrie Rides A Truck
Meet Carrie, the first woman on YouTube. Surely you could hear and see women in the previous videos as well, but in this video, Carrie is the leading actress.
It is also the first video on YouTube without sound.
Information about the video
Channel name: Jones4Carrie
Upload date: April 30, 2005
Subscribers: 1.27K
Views: 176K
Comments: 920
Likes: 1.7K
Dislikes: 130
Video length: 15 seconds
12. Carrie Chokes The Chicken
Also, Carrie’s second video has no sound. Nevertheless, she probably was the most influential YouTuber at that time. Two videos of hers made this epic list.
Information about the video
Channel name: Jones4Carrie
Upload date: April 30, 2005
Subscribers:1.27K
Views: 118K
Comments: 450
Likes: 965
Dislikes: 91
Video length: 9 seconds
13. Tiger Remixed
A low-quality video from the “Tiger World Premiere” event in Cupertino, California, on April 28, 2005. At least it has nice background music by The Chemical Brothers.
Information about the video
Channel name: channelarchive (Re-uploaded video. Not original channel.)
Upload date: April 30, 2005
Subscribers: 341
Views: 1K
Comments: 6
Likes: 12
Dislikes: 0
Video length: 33 seconds
14. Cybergoon Squad
The 14th oldest video on YouTube was an animation of a woman and her escorts.
It is also the first “What did I just watch” video on YouTube. You’re only 14 videos in, and you’ve already seen YouTube’s weird side.
Information about the video
Channel name: greg
Upload date: May 1, 2005
Subscribers: 535
Views: 166K
Comments: 934
Likes: 1.9K
Dislikes: 165
Video length: 5 seconds
15. Vernal Lullaby
The 15th YouTube video can be considered the first music video on YouTube. Even the lyrics can be found in the description.
The song is played by QOTSA (Queens Of The Stone Age), and the band is still active.
Interestingly it was the first video from the list that was monetized.
Information about the video
Channel name: Adam Quirk
Upload date: May 2, 2005
Subscribers: 853
Views: 166K
Comments: 940
Likes: 1.3K
Dislikes: 74
Video length: 1 minute 23 seconds
16. Mercado Del Albert Kuyp
Although it was captured in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the 16th YouTube video was the first Spanish video on YouTube.
Some say that it was the first foreign video on YouTube, but it wasn’t.
The 10th video that was uploaded to YouTube was filmed in Osaka, Japan.
Information about the video
Channel name: davidjl1234 (Re-uploaded video. Not original channel.)
Upload date: May 16, 2013
Subscribers: 1.46K
Views: 10.1K
Comments: 32
Likes: 101
Dislikes: 11
Video length: 13 seconds
That’s it! Those were the 16 oldest videos on YouTube. It is how all of it started.
Did you notice how short YouTube videos were back in the days? Most videos were 5 to 15 seconds long, but nowadays, everyone is trying to make videos longer because it pays better that way.
Now the average video length by professional YouTubers is somewhere around 10 minutes.
And look at the names and descriptions for the videos on this list. Short and simple.
Leave a comment if you notice a mistake in the numbers, and I will do my best to edit the article as soon as possible.
I hope you had a good read.
Thank you, and see you on YouTube.
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