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One Billion Hours of YouTube Are Watched Every Day (thenextweb.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the that's-a-lot-of-zeros dept.

YouTube announced in a blog post that people around the world are now watching a billion hours of YouTube videos every single day. According to YouTube, "If you were to sit and watch a billion hours of YouTube, it would take you over 100,000 years." Mashable reports: The milestone "represents the enjoyment of the fantastically diverse videos that creative people make every single day," Cristos Goodrow, VP of engineering at YouTube, wrote in a blog post Monday. "Around the world, people are spending a billion hours every day rewarding their curiosity, discovering great music, keeping up with the news, connecting with their favorite personalities, or catching up with the latest trend." The 1 billion figure is a 10-fold increase since 2012, YouTube said. The statistic is one that underscores YouTube's efforts to dominate the digital space. On YouTube -- which operates under the motto "Broadcast Yourself" -- users upload 400 hours of video each minute, or 65 years of video a day.

2 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. It's better than TV by kkoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't watch any TV broadcasts. I only watch content I've discovered or followed on Youtube. I doubt I'm the only one.

  2. I'm on Youtube all day by BlackPignouf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm on Youtube all day at work, but I don't watch anything, I just listen to the music.