It’s not really news that YouTube is insanely popular, being by the biggest online video site on the Web. But the fact it’s now having 35 hours of video uploaded every minute? That’s pretty damn incredible, and YouTube still wants more.
YouTube Growth
has grown consistently since its inception in 2005, and especially since Google acquired the site in 2006.
By the middle of 2007, YouTube boasted six hours of video being uploaded every minute. Which at the time was seen as a colossal amount. It turned out not to be so colossal, however, as the 10 hours per minute milestone was soon reached.
By January 2009 it was 15 hours, by May it was 20, and by March 2010 it was 24 hours, the equivalent of a full day’s worth of video. Now, just eight months later, and YouTube has announced it has hit 35 hours of video uploaded every minute.
35 Hours Every Minute
35 hours of video every minute is a substantial amount of content being uploaded to YouTube. It equates to 50,400 hours every day, or 176,000 feature-length movies every week. In a month it’s the equivalent of three television networks broadcasting 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for 60 years. Wow.
There are some factors which have helped YouTube in this regard: Video time limits increasing from 10 to 15 minutes; File upload size increasing 10 times to 2GB; Mobile phone use; Increased support for YouTube’s APIs.
More To Come
Is YouTube satisfied? No, and it likely never will be, either. So it’s already set its users the next target to hit: 48 hours of video uploaded every minute. My estimation for when this will be achieved? The middle of next year.
