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YouTube Upload Dates Now Read 20 Years Ago As AVGN Clip Turns 20
YouTube now shows "20 years ago" on upload dates for videos from 2006, and a post by game video creator Joey Ferris pointing this out has drawn attention on X.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Why it matters
The label change is a plain timestamp, and it lands on the exact clip that defined early game video on the platform, so the milestone reads as a date marker for a whole era of internet culture rather than a single channel's anniversary.
Key Facts
- Game video creator Joey Ferris posted on X about YouTube showing "uploaded 20 years ago" on older videos.
- The first Angry Video Game Nerd video, covering Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, was posted to YouTube on April 8, 2006.
- James Rolfe marks 20 years of activity on YouTube in 2026.
- Rolfe and Mike Matei released an official retrospective video discussing the channel's history.
- "Me at the zoo," posted April 23, 2005, is the first video uploaded to YouTube and is more than 21 years old.
The image he attached is the first Angry Video Game Nerd installment, a Castlevania II: Simon's Quest review posted on April 8, 2006. James Rolfe marks 20 years on YouTube in 2026, and he and Mike Matei have released an official retrospective video.
The oldest video on the platform, "Me at the zoo," went up on April 23, 2005, and more than 21 years have passed since. The AVGN installment that Ferris attached was produced in 2004, before it reached YouTube. Ferris wrote that he never thought he would see the site print "uploaded 20 years ago."
Rolfe and Matei, who have worked together for years, discuss the channel's history and memories tied to individual videos in the retrospective. AVGN's format is Rolfe playing an angry game nerd who covers mostly retro titles in a rage performance laced with insults, and it reached Japanese viewers through volunteer-translated uploads on Nico Nico Douga.
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