Janet Jackson’s career was negatively impacted after the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, but it seemingly became the driving force behind the creation of YouTube.

The very first video uploaded on YouTube, titled Me at the zoo, was shot in the San Diego Zoo. In the video, the co-founder of YouTube, Jawed Karim, was seen calling the elephant trunks cool.

YouTube on Wednesday celebrated more than 20 billion videos being uploaded to the platform since the first clip debuted two ...

(CNN)– Twenty years ago on April 23 history was made. The very first Youtube video was uploaded, and called “Me at the Zoo”. The 19 second clip features Youtube Co-founder Jawed Karim in front of an ...

The video-streaming platform has revolutionized how we watch things. Here’s a timeline of its biggest moments.

It is also rolling out new capabilities to create non-sports multiviewing, 4X playback speed, customized radio stations and other features ...

This year is off to a solid start for creator economy acquisitions.We tallied at least a dozen acquisitions during the first ...

On its 20th anniversary, YouTube now says that since Karim’s video was posted, more than 20 trillion videos have been ...

Jawed Karim posted the first video ever uploaded to YouTube, the website he co-founded with two friends a couple of months prior. The 19-second “Me at the zoo” is brief and innocuous enough that you ...

Did you know elephants have long trunks? The first YouTube video delivers that little-known bit of animal knowledge -- and ...

YouTube has added an unexpected Easter Egg to various videos to celebrate the fact it’s been 20 years since the first upload on the site.