Length of the first video uploaded to YouTube. It features the website’s founder, Jawed Karim, at the San Diego Zoo.
Numbers in the News: YouTube
YouTube turns 20 this year! Here are some stats and facts about the world’s largest video-watching platform.
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19 SECONDS
14 BILLION
The estimated number of public videos hosted on YouTube as of 2024.
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9 OUT OF 10
The number of U.S. teens who regularly use YouTube. About 7 out of 10 say they visit the website daily.
5OO HOURS
The estimated amount of video content uploaded to the platform every minute.
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60,900
The estimated number of YouTube channels with 1 million or more subscribers.
TAKE IT FURTHER: About how many hours of content are uploaded to YouTube per hour? Per day?
SOURCES: YOUTUBE, PEW, STATISTA, SOCIAL BLADE, JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION: DIGITAL MEDIA (2023)
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