The History of YouTube

The History of YOUTube 2006 2005 February: Founders register domain name April, 23: First video uploaded to the site December: Official Launch July: 100 million video views per day; 65,000 video uploads per day October: Google acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion 100M 120M Unique Visitors 40M 60M 80M June YouTube launches in nine countries 2007 September October Non-profit channels launched Queen of England launches YouTube Channel 10 hours of video uploaded every minute 2008 January March YouTube Insight Analytics Tool launched June YouTube Integration Into Sony Bravia TV CBS and MGM full-lenght programming comes to YouTube 15 hours of video uploaded every minute October 720p HD launched December 2009 January US congress and President channels launched Homepage ads expanded from 1 to 7 formats April May June Peabody Award 20 hours of video uploaded every minute YouTube auto-share launched connecting YouTube to social networks and webmail accounts October November Live Stream of U2 Concert YouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day 1080p full-HD launched Live Stream of President Obama YouTube interview 24 hours of video uploaded per minute 2010 February March May YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day August Period: 2/6/07-30/08/2010 INTERESTING FACTS KEY YOUTUBE STATS 10% of the internet traffie Average person spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube Average video duration: 2 minutes 46.17 seconds 150,000 full length films over the course of a week Traffic in US 22% Traffic outside US 78% Localized in 22 Countries across 24 different languages 24 hours worth of video uploaded every minute TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION COUNTRY WISE 19 seconds The lenght of the first video uploaded 22.6% 6.7% 4.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.3% 2.7% 1.96 million - Times the first video has been played 185.39 million Number of times the most popular video on YouTube, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", has been played Japan TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION AGE WISE 51 - Languages translated by Google's Automatic Speech Recognition Technology allowing YouTube create video captions 35% 23% 19% 19% Partner ad revenue more than tripled in 2009 Co) 3% The number of advertiser using display ads on YouTube increased 10-fold in 2009 35-49 50 YouTube has more HD content than any other online video site SOCIAL 46.2yr HD YouTube Video Consumption accross social networks measured by years of video watched a day More products/features released in 2009 than in all of 2007 and 2008 combined 12.7yr 5.6yr "1.2yr Over 3 million people are connected and auto-sharing to at least one social network Hundreds of millions of videos are watched every month on mobile device The YouTube Player is embedded across 10s of millions of websites Orkut Hi5 infographic Sources: YouTube.com LABS Spain France Mexico Brazil Italy United Kingdom India Germany United States 18-34 12-17 \3-11 MySpace Facebook The History of YOUTube 2006 2005 February: Founders register domain name April, 23: First video uploaded to the site December: Official Launch July: 100 million video views per day; 65,000 video uploads per day October: Google acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion 120M Unique Visitors 40M 60M 80M 100M June YouTube launches in nine countries 2007 September October Non-profit channels launched Queen of England launches YouTube Channel 10 hours of video uploaded every minute 2008 January March YouTube Insight Analytics Tool launched June YouTube Integration Into Sony Bravia TV CBS and MGM full-lenght programming comes to YouTube 15 hours of video uploaded every minute October 720p HD launched December 2009 January US congress and President channels launched Homepage ads expanded from 1 to 7 formats April May June Peabody Award 20 hours of video uploaded every minute YouTube auto-share launched connecting YouTube to social networks and webmail accounts October November Live Stream of U2 Concert YouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day 1080p full-HD launched Live Stream of President Obama YouTube interview 24 hours of video uploaded per minute 2010 February March May YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day August Period: 2/6/07-30/08/2010 INTERESTING FACTS KEY YOUTUBE STATS 10% of the internet traffie Average person spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube Average video duration: 2 minutes 46.17 seconds 150,000 full length films over the course of a week Traffic in US 22% Traffic outside US 78% Localized in 22 Countries across 24 different languages 24 hours worth of video uploaded every minute TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION COUNTRY WISE 19 seconds The lenght of the first video uploaded 22.6% 6.7% 4.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.3% 2.7% 1.96 million - Times the first video has been played 185.39 million Number of times the most popular video on YouTube, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", has been played Japan TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION AGE WISE 51 - Languages translated by Google's Automatic Speech Recognition Technology allowing YouTube create video captions 35% 23% 19% 19% Partner ad revenue more than tripled in 2009 Co) 3% The number of advertiser using display ads on YouTube increased 10-fold in 2009 35-49 50 YouTube has more HD content than any other online video site SOCIAL 46.2yr HD YouTube Video Consumption accross social networks measured by years of video watched a day More products/features released in 2009 than in all of 2007 and 2008 combined 12.7yr 5.6yг "1.2yr Over 3 million people are connected and auto-sharing to at least one social network Hundreds of millions of videos are watched every month on mobile device The YouTube Player is embedded across 10s of millions of websites Orkut Hi5 infographic Sources: YouTube.com LABS Spain France Mexico Brazil Italy United Kingdom India Germany United States 18-34 12-17 \3-11 MySpace Facebook The History of YOUTube 2006 2005 February: Founders register domain name April, 23: First video uploaded to the site December: Official Launch July: 100 million video views per day; 65,000 video uploads per day October: Google acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion 120M Unique Visitors 40M 60M 80M 100M June YouTube launches in nine countries 2007 September October Non-profit channels launched Queen of England launches YouTube Channel 10 hours of video uploaded every minute 2008 January March YouTube Insight Analytics Tool launched June YouTube Integration Into Sony Bravia TV CBS and MGM full-lenght programming comes to YouTube 15 hours of video uploaded every minute October 720p HD launched December 2009 January US congress and President channels launched Homepage ads expanded from 1 to 7 formats April May June Peabody Award 20 hours of video uploaded every minute YouTube auto-share launched connecting YouTube to social networks and webmail accounts October November Live Stream of U2 Concert YouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day 1080p full-HD launched Live Stream of President Obama YouTube interview 24 hours of video uploaded per minute 2010 February March May YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day August Period: 2/6/07-30/08/2010 INTERESTING FACTS KEY YOUTUBE STATS 10% of the internet traffie Average person spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube Average video duration: 2 minutes 46.17 seconds 150,000 full length films over the course of a week Traffic in US 22% Traffic outside US 78% Localized in 22 Countries across 24 different languages 24 hours worth of video uploaded every minute TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION COUNTRY WISE 19 seconds The lenght of the first video uploaded 22.6% 6.7% 4.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.3% 2.7% 1.96 million - Times the first video has been played 185.39 million Number of times the most popular video on YouTube, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", has been played Japan TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION AGE WISE 51 - Languages translated by Google's Automatic Speech Recognition Technology allowing YouTube create video captions 35% 23% 19% 19% Partner ad revenue more than tripled in 2009 Co) 3% The number of advertiser using display ads on YouTube increased 10-fold in 2009 35-49 50 YouTube has more HD content than any other online video site SOCIAL 46.2yr HD YouTube Video Consumption accross social networks measured by years of video watched a day More products/features released in 2009 than in all of 2007 and 2008 combined 12.7yr 5.6yг "1.2yr Over 3 million people are connected and auto-sharing to at least one social network Hundreds of millions of videos are watched every month on mobile device The YouTube Player is embedded across 10s of millions of websites Orkut Hi5 infographic Sources: YouTube.com LABS Spain France Mexico Brazil Italy United Kingdom India Germany United States 18-34 12-17 \3-11 MySpace Facebook The History of YOUTube 2006 2005 February: Founders register domain name April, 23: First video uploaded to the site December: Official Launch July: 100 million video views per day; 65,000 video uploads per day October: Google acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion 120M Unique Visitors 40M 60M 80M 100M June YouTube launches in nine countries 2007 September October Non-profit channels launched Queen of England launches YouTube Channel 10 hours of video uploaded every minute 2008 January March YouTube Insight Analytics Tool launched June YouTube Integration Into Sony Bravia TV CBS and MGM full-lenght programming comes to YouTube 15 hours of video uploaded every minute October 720p HD launched December 2009 January US congress and President channels launched Homepage ads expanded from 1 to 7 formats April May June Peabody Award 20 hours of video uploaded every minute YouTube auto-share launched connecting YouTube to social networks and webmail accounts October November Live Stream of U2 Concert YouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day 1080p full-HD launched Live Stream of President Obama YouTube interview 24 hours of video uploaded per minute 2010 February March May YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day August Period: 2/6/07-30/08/2010 INTERESTING FACTS KEY YOUTUBE STATS 10% of the internet traffie Average person spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube Average video duration: 2 minutes 46.17 seconds 150,000 full length films over the course of a week Traffic in US 22% Traffic outside US 78% Localized in 22 Countries across 24 different languages 24 hours worth of video uploaded every minute TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION COUNTRY WISE 19 seconds The lenght of the first video uploaded 22.6% 6.7% 4.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.3% 2.7% 1.96 million - Times the first video has been played 185.39 million Number of times the most popular video on YouTube, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", has been played Japan TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION AGE WISE 51 - Languages translated by Google's Automatic Speech Recognition Technology allowing YouTube create video captions 35% 23% 19% 19% Partner ad revenue more than tripled in 2009 Co) 3% The number of advertiser using display ads on YouTube increased 10-fold in 2009 35-49 50 YouTube has more HD content than any other online video site SOCIAL 46.2yr HD YouTube Video Consumption accross social networks measured by years of video watched a day More products/features released in 2009 than in all of 2007 and 2008 combined 12.7yr 5.6yг "1.2yr Over 3 million people are connected and auto-sharing to at least one social network Hundreds of millions of videos are watched every month on mobile device The YouTube Player is embedded across 10s of millions of websites Orkut Hi5 infographic Sources: YouTube.com LABS Spain France Mexico Brazil Italy United Kingdom India Germany United States 18-34 12-17 \3-11 MySpace Facebook The History of YOUTube 2006 2005 February: Founders register domain name April, 23: First video uploaded to the site December: Official Launch July: 100 million video views per day; 65,000 video uploads per day October: Google acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion 120M Unique Visitors 40M 60M 80M 100M June YouTube launches in nine countries 2007 September October Non-profit channels launched Queen of England launches YouTube Channel 10 hours of video uploaded every minute 2008 January March YouTube Insight Analytics Tool launched June YouTube Integration Into Sony Bravia TV CBS and MGM full-lenght programming comes to YouTube 15 hours of video uploaded every minute October 720p HD launched December 2009 January US congress and President channels launched Homepage ads expanded from 1 to 7 formats April May June Peabody Award 20 hours of video uploaded every minute YouTube auto-share launched connecting YouTube to social networks and webmail accounts October November Live Stream of U2 Concert YouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day 1080p full-HD launched Live Stream of President Obama YouTube interview 24 hours of video uploaded per minute 2010 February March May YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day August Period: 2/6/07-30/08/2010 INTERESTING FACTS KEY YOUTUBE STATS 10% of the internet traffie Average person spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube Average video duration: 2 minutes 46.17 seconds 150,000 full length films over the course of a week Traffic in US 22% Traffic outside US 78% Localized in 22 Countries across 24 different languages 24 hours worth of video uploaded every minute TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION COUNTRY WISE 19 seconds The lenght of the first video uploaded 22.6% 6.7% 4.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.3% 2.7% 1.96 million - Times the first video has been played 185.39 million Number of times the most popular video on YouTube, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", has been played Japan TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION AGE WISE 51 - Languages translated by Google's Automatic Speech Recognition Technology allowing YouTube create video captions 35% 23% 19% 19% Partner ad revenue more than tripled in 2009 Co) 3% The number of advertiser using display ads on YouTube increased 10-fold in 2009 35-49 50 YouTube has more HD content than any other online video site SOCIAL 46.2yr HD YouTube Video Consumption accross social networks measured by years of video watched a day More products/features released in 2009 than in all of 2007 and 2008 combined 12.7yr 5.6yг "1.2yr Over 3 million people are connected and auto-sharing to at least one social network Hundreds of millions of videos are watched every month on mobile device The YouTube Player is embedded across 10s of millions of websites Orkut Hi5 infographic Sources: YouTube.com LABS Spain France Mexico Brazil Italy United Kingdom India Germany United States 18-34 12-17 \3-11 MySpace Facebook