Whenever we think of watching videos, we think of YouTube and that is how well known this website is. It is estimated that one hour of video is uploaded on this site every second.
YouTube was bought by Google in the year 2006 and since then it has seen tremendous growth and popularity. There are several similar sites which came up after the launch of YouTube but none of them has managed to create the buzz which this site did.
No matter whichever type of video you wish to watch, there is everything for you on YouTube.
1. YouTube vs Television
There has always been a constant comparison between YouTube and Television. In July 2012, the average American was watching 22.3 hours of YouTube per month whereas at the end of 2012, 18-24 year olds watched an average of 9 minutes per day. It is interesting to know that YouTube users view more than 1 billion videos daily on their mobile devices.
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2. YouTube Recruiting
YouTube is the third most trafficked website in the world and it trails only behind Google and Facebook. This is the second largest search engine and only comes behind Google. The top 5 brands career channels on YouTube are Google, US Coast Guard, KPMG, Northwestern Mutual and Bertelsmann.
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3. YouTube Sensationalism
The sensationalism of YouTube can be estimated from the fact that 1 Billion unique users visit YouTube each month and 4 billion hours of video are watched each month. Some of the top YouTube personalities are Nigahiga, Ray William Johnson in Comedy, Michelle Phan in beauty, Freddiew in Film and Epicmealtime in Food.
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4. The Top 1000 YouTube Channels
The music category makes for 25% of the top 1000 channels but the gaming category accounts for 27% of the minutes produced each month. These top 1000 channels have a broad social following as well. There are over 2.5 Billion likes on their official Facebook pages and 624 Million Twitter followers.
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5. Staggering YouTube Statistics
YouTube is the 3rd most viewed website after Google and Facebook and this site is expected to attract $5000000000 in advertising revenue in the year 2013. It is also interesting to know that YouTube is banned in China, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Sudan and Tajikstan.
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6. The YouTube Opportunity
Today, there are about 100s of YouTube-funded channels and millions of creators of this site. It is a fact that 93% of the channel owners feel that it is solely their responsibility for developing audiences on YouTube. YouTube can be made more helpful by Growing audiences, audience retention and Monetization.
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7. Top 10 ways To Optimize Your Business On YouTube
YouTube is a great way to optimize and market your business online and some of the ways to do so are by setting up a channel and its design, making a video content strategy, giving the right annotations, putting thumbnails, adding search friendly video tags and creating playlists.
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8. YouTube Townhall: By The Numbers
When it comes to politics on YouTube, then republicans received the most views on YouTube whereas Democrats got the most votes from Town hall users. The top most viewed topics on YouTube in the political category are Economy, Energy, Afghanistan, education and immigration.
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9. 5 years of YouTube Politics
YouTube is so popular among politicians that 500+ US candidates for office have official YouTube channels and 92% of house and Senate members have official YouTube channels. Infact what is fascinating is that the White House uploads 17 videos a week on an average on YouTube.
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10. YouTube Sensations
One of the most sensational Video on YouTube earlier was Bed Intruder which received 48 Million views. But as of now the most popular video is Charlie Bit my finger which has got a whopping 506 Million views. Some other sensational videos are Chocolate rain, Rebecca Black and David after dentist.
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11. The YouTube Rich List
Some of the top earners on YouTube are officialpsy, HDCYT, Judsonlaipply and thesunnycoastskate. Some of the most popular YouTube accounts are Machinima, Freddiew, Fpsrussia and Epicmealtime. Comedy and music are the videos that are loved by all but even Dance videos are very popular.
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12. YouTube Facts And Figures
Today, YouTube is the third most viewed site after Google and Facebook. It is a fact that about 4billion videos are being watched every day and 3 billion hours of videos are being watched per month. YouTube is localized in 39 countries and in 54 languages.
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13. A Brief History Of YouTube
YouTube was created in 2005 and in April that year, its first video was uploaded. Google bought YouTube in 2006 and in was launched in 9 countries in the year 2007. It reached its 1 billion daily views mark in 2009 after which in 2012, a video hit one billion views mark.
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14. YouTube Views For The Top Ten Countries Outside The US
Some of the top viewers of YouTube videos are UK, India, Germany, Canada, France, South Korea and Russia. Some of the top independent channels on YouTube are Bluexephos, UK, Bollywoodbackstage, India, Nuclearblasteurope, Germany, NQTV, France and JWCFREE, South Korea.
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15. The Value Of Video Marketing
To judge the value of video marketing, one must know that 1 minute of video is worth 1.8 Million words. Further, 100 million internet users watch an online video every day. Infact videos in universal search results have a 41% higher click through rate than plain-text results.
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16. The Lego YouTube Channel
There are so many fun things to do on the Lego YouTube channel and some of them include watch playlists, sort by Lego Theme, subscribe for updates and make a custom playlist. Not only the kids, but the parents to love this channel because there are so many kid-friendly videos for theist little ones.
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17. YouTube In UAE
66% men and 34% women in UAE have used YouTube at least once. The top 5 reasons for using YouTube as far as UAE is concerned are listening to music, relaxation, staying up-to-date, for product information and for watching professional videos. Infact 61% of the people in UAE use their Smartphones to access the net.
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18. YouTube
YouTube was created for friends to share video clips and Jawed Karim was the first person to post a video on YouTube. It is interesting to know that 70% of the YouTube users are American and UK is the country which comes on the 2nd spot when it comes to uploading videos on YouTube.
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19.Most Viewed You Tube Videos
There are many interesting facts related with YouTube and one of them is that more than 1 billion unique visitors visit YouTube each month. Infact millions of subscriptions happen each day and the number of people subscribing has more than doubled since last year.
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20. 10 Youtube Facts You May Not Know
1% of global electricity is consumed by YouTube. In 1 minute 3 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube via mobile. YouTube is third most visited site after Google and face book.
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