"So here we are in front of the elephants, the cool thing about these guys is that they have really, really long trunks." Fifteen years ago, a somewhat trivial visit to the San Diego Zoo became the first video published on YouTube.
On April 23, 2005, this 18-second sequence called "Me at the zoo", embodied by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, marked the official debut of the video-sharing platform.
A key player
The following year, the site was bought by Google for $ 1.6 billion in shares. In fifteen years, the network has become a key player in online video sharing, with more than two billion active monthly users.
YouTube has taken a decisive place in the music and entertainment landscape in general, to the point of shaping the tastes of Gen Z, the post-millennial generation . "Me at the zoo" now has more than 90 million views, but the platform's records are in the billions, like the songs Despacito (6.7 billion views), Baby Shark Dance (5, 1 billion) or Gangnam Style (3.5 billion).
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