An archive of YouTube's oldest users and videos from 2005. All rankings are validated via incremental IDs - see this article for technical details.

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# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build for production
npm run build

# Update data archives (requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY env variable)
cd scripts/update-users && cargo run

# Run the site locally
npm run preview

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm run dev

• users.json: List of oldest YouTube accounts. Automated data refresh via GitHub Actions every 3 days.
• videos.json: List of oldest YouTube videos
• videos-archive/: Preserved video files in original quality

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This site is not affiliated with Google, YouTube, or any of their subsidiaries. TubeVault is an independent preservation project for historical documentation purposes.