Jawed Karim, YouTube’s co-founder, uploaded the platform’s first video but stayed behind the scenes, quietly shaping its ...

Two decades after creating the video platform, little is known about his life. Originally from Germany and naturalized as an ...

As YouTube turns 20 years old in 2025, here are the 10 most important moments that have defined the social media platform.

YouTube has officially turned 20 years old. That's right, the internet's biggest video platform as well as one of the most ...

The company was founded on today’s date, back in 2005, by three former PayPal employees: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. On April 23rd Karim uploaded “Me at the Zoo” which is considered to ...

When three former PayPal employees, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, registered the domain  20 years ago, they wanted to create ...

The first YouTuber in history comes from Germany. Jawed Karim was born on October 28, 1979 in Merseburg and has only lived in the USA since 1992. As one of three YouTube founders, Karim uploaded a ...

February 14, 2005: YouTube, a video hosting service, is launched by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, three former PayPal employees. April 23, 2005: Jawed Karim uploads the first video to ...

The co-founders—Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim—struggled to attract users, so they created YouTube's first video themselves. The clip, titled "Me at the zoo," featured Karim at the ...