who was the first person to reach 1 billion views on youtube
List of most-viewed YouTube videos By June 21, 2015, only two videos, "Gangnam Style" and "Baby", had exceeded one billion views. However, three and a half months later, on October 7, ten videos had done so.[1] As of JuneÂ 2018[update], all the videos on the list of the 100 most-viewed have exceeded one billion views, with 22 of them exceeding two billion views; six of which exceed three billion views and one of which exceeds five billion views. "Despacito" became the first video to reach three billion views on August 4, 2017, followed by "See You Again" on August 6, 2017, and then on November 25, 2017, "Gangnam Style" became the third video to hit three billion views.[2][3][4] "Despacito" also became the first video to reach four billion views on October 11, 2017,[5] and then on April 5, 2018, became the first video to hit five billion views.[6]
Me at the zoo Me at the zoo is the first video that was uploaded to YouTube. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 at 20:27:12 PDT (April 24, 2005 at 3:27:12 UTC)[1] by the site's co-founder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" and recorded by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky.[2][3][4]