What is Jawed Karim's YouTube handle?

What is Jawed Karim’s YouTube handle? Jawed Karim’s YouTube handle is “jawed.”

Karim is one of YouTube’s three co-founders, alongside Steve Chen and Chad Hurley. The founders had previously worked together at PayPal, and Karim helped design important early systems, including a real-time anti-fraud system. He later became an adviser while studying computer science at Stanford University.

The account named “jawed” is historically significant because it was YouTube’s first account. On April 23, 2005, Karim used it to upload “Me at the zoo,” the platform’s first video. The short clip shows him at the San Diego Zoo discussing elephants and their trunks.

The handle is not “founder,” “YouTube,” or “karim.” Those words describe his role or identity, but they are not the username attached to his original channel. Karim’s first-upload status is why the account remains closely tied to YouTube’s origin story.