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YouTube Claims 1.5 Billion Monthly Users (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the scale-and-speed dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Google's YouTube unit says it now reaches 1.5 billion viewers every month -- and its users watch more than an hour of mobile videos per day -- as it expands its video programming to sell more digital ads. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki also wrote that YouTube Red, the company's foray into original videos, has launched 37 series that have generated "nearly a quarter billion views." YouTube Red has 12 new projects in the works, she said.

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  1. Re:I will never join Youtube, and by OrangeTide · · Score: 2

    The numbers don't lie, you're very much in the minority. Do you ever ask yourself why that is?

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  2. Love youtube red. by BrookHarty · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Love youtube red for podcasts, it plays with the screen off. Google even throws in google music for free. There are free alternatives to give you screen off on youtube, but I really enjoy the product.

    Now if they would just stop censoring and demonizing the people I watch. LEAVE PEWDIEPIE ALONE! - lol, sorry couldn't resist :)

    1. Re:Love youtube red. by sootman · · Score: 2

      My kid watches tons of youtube (and I watch a fair amount) and I had been thinking about getting Red for a while so he won't see so many ads, and lucky me -- you get a free 3 months to start if you sign up now.

      Parents, if your kids are going to watch youtube all summer anyway, at least you can prevent them from seeing quite so many ads.

      Not a shill, just a happy customer. :-) youtube.com/red (See? A shill would have made that a clickable link. :D )

      Here's a thing about Red + Music: https://www.imore.com/google-p...

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  3. I didn't know by toonces33 · · Score: 2

    I didn't know that people liked cat videos that much.

  4. Re:AIDS Claims 1.5 Billion Yearly Lives by sycodon · · Score: 3, Funny

    1.5 billion?

    Are you sure?

    We'd all be gone in about 6 years.

    I realize there are many here who would view tat as a good thing, but yer math needs some help.

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  5. Re:Wow, only 250m views on YT Red? by tepples · · Score: 2

    Gosh, 250m views for YouTube Read series... that's actually much less than I expected.

    YouTube Red is currently limited to the United States and four other countries.