YouTube’s tenth birthday is worth celebrating, and content creator Luc Bergeron has given the site a gift. The man known for his “Best of Web” montages has released a three-minute compilation of the most well-known videos in YouTube’s ten-year history.
Bergeron posted his montage on February 24th, 2015, one day after the ten-year anniversary of “Me at the zoo,” the first video ever uploaded to YouTube. The compilation features many of the viral videos that are responsible for turning YouTube into a cultural phenomenon. The “Double Rainbow” guy is in there, as is “Leave Brittney Alone” star Chris Crocker and Antoine Dodson of “Bed Intruder” fame. Naturally, there are also plenty of cute babies, adorable animals, and embarrassing fails. Toward the end of the video, Bergeron highlights several of YouTube’s homegrown stars–everyone from the Action Movie Kid to Dude Perfect to PewDiePie.
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The video is perfect for YouTube fans who want to take a quick, nostalgic trip through the site’s history, but if you have a lot of time on your hands, Bergeron assembled a playlist that includes all 198 videos he featured in his montage. If you make your way through that compendium, you’ll find some amazing viral videos you probably haven’t thought about in a while and some others you hoped you’d never have to see again.
If you’re looking for a more comprehensive look at the decade-long history of YouTube and its creative community, Hank Green’s recent blog post should satisfy you. But if you like your retrospectives short, sweet, and filled with laughing babies, Bergeron’s montage is the way to go.
