10 YouTube facts that will leave you amazed

#10 April fools

The video sharing platform features an April fools prank on the site on April 1st of every year. The first prank on the site was uploaded on April 1st, 2008, all links to videos on the main page were redirected to Rick Astley’s music video “Never gonna give you up” and this prank went viral by the name “rickrolling”.