This Monday marked YouTube’s 8th birthday. To celebrate, the company revealed some big stats – and applauded its viewers – in a blog post:
“We’d like to thank you for making YouTube the special place that it is. For showing us how video can create connections, transcend borders and make a difference. For clicking these links even if you aren’t sure what they’ll be, but you trust us. In short, thanks for making us better in big ways and small ones, too. We can’t wait to see what you come up with next.”
The stats:
- more than 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute (the equivalent of over four days of video being uploaded each minute)
- more than 1 billion people visit YouTube every month (roughly one out of every two people on the Internet)
- millions of partners are creating content for YouTube
Haven’t been on YouTube in a while? This week is is also YouTube’s Comedy Week – so look no further for some lunch break amusement.
