Its almost two decades since a simple video shot at the zoo unknowingly set the stage for one of the biggest digital revolutions in the world. We are talking about the first-ever YouTube video that was shot today on 23rd April 2005. What started as a casual video upload became the spark that ignited an entire journey of transforming entertainment education and culture itself. The first video on YouTube was named ‘Me at the Zoo’ by four friends who marked the beginning of something much bigger than anyone could have imagined. How the First YouTube Video ‘Me at the Zoo’ Transformed the Content World: ‘Me at the Zoo’ was the first-ever YouTube video shot by former PayPal employees and former YouTube founders Chad Hurley Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The video was not about flashy production or viral fame it was simply an idea of sharing a personal moment with the world from anywhere. It is exactly 20 years ago when a low-resolution 18 second video changed the course of how we perceive video content in today’s world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw The former founders of YouTube just simply standing at the zoo and pointing towards elephants saying “All right so here we are in front of the elephants. The cool thing about these guys is that they have really really really long trunks. And thats pretty much all there is to say.” Me at the Zoo have 355 million views on YouTube and was posted by Jawed Karim. The video was recorded at the San Diego Zoo. All three former YouTube owners registered YouTube on 14 February 2005 and officially launched it on 15 December 2005. The video was posted on 23rd April 2005 embodying YouTube as a whole. What started as a simple video has now turned into a mega stage for content generation with over 30000 hours of content uploaded every hour which roughly translates to 500 hours of video content being uploaded on the platform every minute. Google acquired YouTube on October 9 2006.