YouTube hall of fame
The uploads that taught everybody what YouTube was for.
Me at the zoo
Where it started
Me at the zoo
You might remember it as Jawed Karim elephants
The first video uploaded to YouTube; an archive of internet video without it is incomplete by definition.
When nobody knew what it was forThe first years
2005–2006
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Canon Rock
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Lazy Sunday
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Here It Goes Again
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lonelygirl15
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Will It Blend?
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Evolution of Dance
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Where the Hell is Matt?
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Sneezing Baby Panda
When one upload could reach everybodyBreakout
2007–2009
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Battle at Kruger
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Dramatic Chipmunk
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Keyboard Cat
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CPDRC Dancing Inmates
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EVO Moment 37
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Potter Puppet Pals
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Chocolate Rain
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Charlie bit my finger
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Christian the Lion
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Maru the cat
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Simon's Cat
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David After Dentist
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Susan Boyle I Dreamed a Dream
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JK Wedding Entrance Dance
The years it became televisionMainstream
2010–2012
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Double Rainbow
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The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
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Trololo
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Waka Waka
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The Duck Song
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Rebecca Black Friday
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Why This Kolaveri Di
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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
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The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger
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Nyan Cat
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Gangnam Style
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Kony 2012
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Ain't Nobody Got Time for That
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Overly Attached Girlfriend
The rest of the collectionEverything else
How this list is chosen
Landmark YouTube uploads from between 2005 and 2015 that shaped what the platform became. Oldest first. This is a selection, not a complete list of important YouTube videos.