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The internet in 2005

2005 was the year of Me at the zoo, Leeroy Jenkins, Boom Goes the Dynamite and Canon Rock. Part of early YouTube.

Me at the zoo
The one from 2005

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.

Defining moments of 2005What the year is remembered for

2005, month by monthAs it happened

  1. The Streisand effect Mike Masnick, writing about a different takedown demand, proposes the name. Wikipedia — Streisand effect

  2. Boom Goes the Dynamite Collins fills in as sportscaster. The teleprompter runs ahead, his printed pages are out of order, and he improvises. Wikipedia — Boom goes the dynamite

  3. Me at the zoo Jawed Karim uploads the video at 8:31 in the evening, Pacific time. It is the first upload to the site. Wikipedia — Me at the zoo

  4. Leeroy Jenkins The clip is linked from a World of Warcraft forum thread as “A Rough Go”, presented as a real raid gone wrong. Wikipedia — Leeroy Jenkins

  5. Leeroy Jenkins It is released on the site Warcraftmovies as “Leeroy!!”. Wikipedia — Leeroy Jenkins

  6. Crazy Frog A single setting the sound to Axel F is released. It enters the UK chart at number one and stays there four weeks. Wikipedia — Crazy Frog

  7. Doge The word “doge” is first used, as a deliberate misspelling of dog, in an episode of the Homestar Runner puppet series. Wikipedia — Doge (meme)

  8. Poe's law Nathan Poe posts the sentence that takes his name. Wikipedia — Poe’s law

  9. The Million Dollar Homepage Tew launches the page. Wikipedia — The Million Dollar Homepage

  10. Diet Coke and Mentos Spangler’s demonstration spreads online. Wikipedia — Diet Coke and Mentos eruption

  11. Club Penguin The game is launched. Wikipedia — Club Penguin

  12. A Nike advertisement featuring Ronaldinho became the first YouTube video to reach one million views. Wikipedia — List of most-viewed YouTube videos

  13. Charlie the Unicorn Steele posts the cartoon to Newgrounds. Wikipedia — Charlie the Unicorn

  14. Keep Calm and Carry On A feature in the Guardian raises its profile, and other firms begin selling it. Wikipedia — Keep Calm and Carry On

  15. Lazy Sunday The Lonely Island write the song. They record it the next day on a laptop bought second-hand. Wikipedia — Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song)

  16. Lazy Sunday It is broadcast on Saturday Night Live. Wikipedia — Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song)

Also in 2005Older things, still moving

  1. Me at the zoo Me at the zoo was posted to YouTube. The upload on YouTube

  2. Lolcat The domain caturday.com is registered, after 4chan’s habit of posting cat pictures on Saturdays. Wikipedia — Lolcat

  3. Boom Goes the Dynamite He appears on The Late Show with David Letterman. Wikipedia — Boom goes the dynamite

  4. Neopets Viacom buys it. Wikipedia — Neopets

  5. The Million Dollar Homepage By the end of the month he has taken 250,000 dollars. Wikipedia — The Million Dollar Homepage

  6. Crazy Frog The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority rules that the ringtone advertisements may not be shown before nine in the evening. Wikipedia — Crazy Frog

  7. Leeroy Jenkins Leeroy Jenkins is the subject of a question on the quiz show Jeopardy! Wikipedia — Leeroy Jenkins

  8. Delicious Yahoo buys it, for what its founder says was less than thirty million dollars. Wikipedia — Delicious (website)

  9. The Million Dollar Homepage All but the last thousand pixels are sold. Wikipedia — The Million Dollar Homepage

Platforms, events and turning pointsThe ground moved

More from 2005Also remembered

On this page: 15 named things from 2005, 7 videos, 2 sounds and sayings and 1 trend among them.

The years either sideNearby