21 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOUTUBE THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU
YouTube is the second largest search engine after Google and the platform is only growing larger day-by-day. A platform that is not even a couple of decades old, YouTube has amassed a huge user pool across all demographics! Let us have a look at some of the most interesting facts about YouTube📱
1. Initially, YouTube was created to be a video dating site called “Tune In Hook Up.”
2. YouTube was created by three ex-PayPal workers on 14th February (Valentine's Day!), 2005
3. YouTube has 265 million active users in India
4. On 23 April 2005, the first YouTube video ever was uploaded. It's a video of their co-founder at San Diego Zoo
5. YouTube opened a production space in Los Angeles that is free to use – but only if you have at least 10,000 subscribers
6. Google bought YouTube in November 2006 at 1.65 billion dollars
7. Most viewed YouTube channels worldwide as of June 2020
8. Most popular YouTube gaming channels as of July 2020
9. Most popular YouTube videos based on total global views as of August 2020
10. Every April Fool’s Day, YouTube plays pranks on millions of its users!
11. As their first prank in 2009, YouTube had turned the website upside down 😛
12. YouTube has a collective monthly watch-time of 6 billion hours
13. 400 tweets go out every minute with links to a YouTube video
14. The first adverts were rolled out on the platform in August 2007
15. Despacito took just 97 days to reach a billion views on YouTube
16. YouTube has over 57,000 years of content on the platform, amounting to approximately 30 trillion minutes
17. Brazilian Legend Ronaldinho’s tricks video (produced by Nike) was the first video to hit one million views in October 2005
18. The most popular non music video, with 3.4 billion views, is in Russian language, and is an episode of kids’ TV show, Masha and the Bear
19. Content uploaded to YouTube every 60 days is more content than the three major television networks of the United States created in 60 years
20. The first video to hit a billion views was Korean rapper Psy’s song ‘Gangnam Style’ in December 2012, which led to an update of the view counter to accommodate a billion views
21. In March 2010, IPL matches were streamed live on the platform, making them the first free online broadcast of the event 🏏
Sources:
https://www.omnicoreagency.com/youtube-statistics/
https://www.shoutmeloud.com/interesting-youtube-facts.html
https://www.statista.com/topics/2019/youtube/
https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/tech-news/youtube-was-launched-on-february-14-2005-a-look-back
https://medium.com/@reachskylinedigital/unraveling-the-lesser-known-facts-about-youtube-ac6263075d57
https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/youtube-stats/
11. As their first prank in 2009, YouTube had turned the website upside down 😛
12. YouTube has a collective monthly watch-time of 6 billion hours
13. 400 tweets go out every minute with links to a YouTube video
14. The first adverts were rolled out on the platform in August 2007
15. Despacito took just 97 days to reach a billion views on YouTube
16. YouTube has over 57,000 years of content on the platform, amounting to approximately 30 trillion minutes
17. Brazilian Legend Ronaldinho’s tricks video (produced by Nike) was the first video to hit one million views in October 2005
18. The most popular non music video, with 3.4 billion views, is in Russian language, and is an episode of kids’ TV show, Masha and the Bear
19. Content uploaded to YouTube every 60 days is more content than the three major television networks of the United States created in 60 years
20. The first video to hit a billion views was Korean rapper Psy’s song ‘Gangnam Style’ in December 2012, which led to an update of the view counter to accommodate a billion views
21. In March 2010, IPL matches were streamed live on the platform, making them the first free online broadcast of the event 🏏
Sources:
https://www.omnicoreagency.com/youtube-statistics/
https://www.shoutmeloud.com/interesting-youtube-facts.html
https://www.statista.com/topics/2019/youtube/
https://www.thequint.com/tech-and-auto/tech-news/youtube-was-launched-on-february-14-2005-a-look-back
https://medium.com/@reachskylinedigital/unraveling-the-lesser-known-facts-about-youtube-ac6263075d57
https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/youtube-stats/
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