In order to find out what the first videos were on this important and large platform in the world, such as YouTube, we have to talk a little about its history and how this platform emerged. If you want to upload your own videos you must create an account and log in.
YouTube was founded by three young people in February 2005, their names are Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, in San Bruno California, it is said that the idea arose when they tried to upload a video of a party in San Francisco, according to Chen and Hurley. Currently, the platform has its own app to download and update the app on your phone.
What was the first, second and third video uploaded to YOUTUBE? – Curiosities
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- What is the first video uploaded to YouTube about and what is its story?
- What kind of visual content is seen in the second video posted on YouTube?
- What is the video that ranks third in the history of YouTube?
- What other fun facts you should know about YouTube videos?
- The most viewed videos
- What are the most hated videos by users
What is the first video uploaded to YouTube about and what is its story?
The first thing is that Karim assured that the party did not happen, but that the idea of the video was his. On the other hand, Hurley and Chen go out again to declare that this party had happened, and that Karim’s initial idea was to make a dating site .
The first YouTube video was uploaded on April 23, 2005 by Karim, the video was called Me at the Zoo ‘Me at the Zoo’, the duration of this video is 19 seconds. The thing about placing a trailer at the beginning arose later.
It’s a short video of Karim at the zoo talking about elephants, the video is still available on YouTube. Then the creators realized that all kinds of videos were being posted , leaving the main idea behind.
What kind of visual content is seen in the second video posted on YouTube?
The second video in YouTube history, called ‘My Snowboarding Skillz’ on the ‘MW’ channel, was posted on April 23, 2005, it was posted the same year as the first video and on the same day. The video is about a man in the snow doing Snowboarding, he jumps on a kind of ramp, but falls in the attempt, it is the first video of falls on YouTube.
As we well know these types of videos are some of the most viewed on YouTube, the channel and the video are still alive on this platform, so if you want you can search for it there.
What is the video that ranks third in the history of YouTube?
The third video in YouTube history, is called ‘Flambe Disaster’, from the ‘tunafat’ channel, the video was uploaded on April 24, 2005 , one day after the first and second videos were uploaded.
The video is about young people in a kitchen, cooking with a hot pan, in which they pour some kind of alcoholic beverage, and make it catch fire, the original video channel was removed, so you won’t be able to find the original. In case you find this video, it will be a replica of it, on some other channel, but not on its source channel.
What other fun facts you should know about YouTube videos?
Another of the relevant data about the first most famous videos at the beginning of YouTube are the following. In 2005, the company Nike uploaded a ‘spot’, which is starred by the famous soccer player Ronaldinho , after this, large companies were attracted to this platform.
After this, in the same year, Sequoia had to invest 8.5 million US dollars in this platform that was getting bigger every day and became more viral around the world.
As of December 2005, this YouTube platform had around 50 million views a day, despite this, after the music video for ‘Lazy Sunday’ was broadcast, which is originally broadcast on show ‘Saturday Night Live’.
It was published on YouTube, it made the visits skyrocket again, but this time reaching 250 million views a day , this platform was growing more and more.
Until, it managed to reach more than 2 billion views a day, so that, by the middle of the year, it had exceeded 7 billion views.
The most viewed videos
Some of the most viewed videos currently on the YouTube platform are the following, the first is Pinkfong – Baby Shark Dance, which has 9.886 million views on YouTube, the catchy song for children.
After this, we have a song that was well known around the world , which is called Despacito – by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee with a view of 7.672 million, a music video, which is in Spanish. Which is a surprise because videos in Spanish are not always a trend around the world, but slowly, he did it.
The third video called LooLoo Kids – Johny Johny Yes Papa, which has a total of 6.045 million views, is a short, animated and simple musical video for children. It is a video about a baby who wants to eat sugar, even though his father won’t let him, quite entertaining for the little ones.
What are the most hated videos by users
Some of the videos with the most dislikes, that is, with the most ‘I don’t like’ on YouTube, are the following Sadak 2 trailer, which has 13.30 million dislikes , another is Justin Bieber’s Baby video.
Despite the fact that it was a very popular video, it has one of the most disliked videos on YouTube, this video has 11.88 million dislikes and another of these videos is YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind with a figure of 18.57 million dislikes.
YouTube is undoubtedly an excellent platform where you can promote your channel and get great growth to publicize the content you produce and share on it.
