Thursday, May 26, 2011

New and Amazing YouTube Numbers

The Official Google Blog has put out some pretty outstanding growth numbers for YouTube.

Yesterday, more than 48 hours worth of video (that is two days worth!) were uploaded to the YouTube every minute. That represents a 37% increase over the last six months and a 100% rise over the past year!

Think about that for a moment. That is a lot of video to watch.

And ... Over last weekend, YouTube viewers drove this Social Media monster past the 3 Billion (that is Billion, not million) views a day mark. That represents a 50% over last years.

Google happily provides the following information to put that 3 billion views in perspective:

That number of views is the equivalent of nearly half the worlds population watching a YouTube video every day, or its is equal to each and every citizen of the USA watching at least nine videos a day.

These are the kind of numbers that I find staggering.

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