What was the primary objective of the first video on YouTube?

There's no definitive answer to what the primary objective of the very first YouTube video, "Me at the zoo," was. It likely wasn't created with a grand plan in mind.

Here are some possibilities:

* **Sharing a personal experience:**  The most straightforward explanation is that it was simply someone sharing a moment from their day at the zoo with friends, family, or maybe even the wider web.
* **Testing the platform:**  Since YouTube was a new platform at the time, it's possible the video was uploaded to test the functionality of uploading and sharing videos.
*  **A fun experiment:** Uploading a video to a brand new platform like YouTube in 2005 could have been a fun and novel experience for the creator.

Whatever the reason, the video's significance lies in what it represents, not necessarily the original intent behind it.