YouTube Statistics – 2017

Facts and Numbers :
-The very first YouTube video was uploaded on 23 April 2005.
-The total number of people who use YouTube – 1,300,000,000.
-300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute!
-Almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day.
-YouTube gets over 30 million visitors per day
In an average month, 8 out of 10 18-49 year-olds watch YouTube.
-By 2025, half of the viewers under 32 will not subscribe to a pay-TV service.
-6 out of 10 people prefer online video platforms to live TV.
-The total number of hours of video watched on - YouTube each month – 3.25 billion.
-10,113 Youtube videos generated over 1 billion views.
-80% of YouTube’s views are from outside of the U.S.
-The average number of mobile YouTube video views per day is 1,000,000,000.
-The average mobile viewing session lasts more than 40 minutes. This is up with more than 50% year-over-year.
-Female users are 38% and male users are 62%.
User Percentage by Age 18-24 – 11%, 25-34 – 23%, 35-44 – 26%, 45-54 – 16%, 50-64 – 8%, 65+ – 3%, unknown age – 14%.
-More than half of YouTube views come from mobile devices.
-YouTube’s mobile revenue is up to 2x y/y.
-YouTube overall and even YouTube on mobile alone reaches more 18-34 and 18-49 year-olds than any cable network in the U.S.
-The number of hours people spend watching videos (aka watch time) on YouTube is up 60% year-over-year, the fastest growth we’ve seen in 2 years.
-You can navigate YouTube in a total of 76 different languages (covering 95% of the Internet population).
-YouTube has launched local versions in more than 88 countries.
-9% of U.S small businesses use Youtube
Approximately 20% of the people who start your video will leave after the first 10 seconds. Create a damn good intro.
-YouTube Company Financials
The Annual cost of running and maintaining YouTube is $6,350,000,000.
-Google’s annual revenue generated from YouTube is $4,000,000,000.
-Youtube generate 6% of Google’s ad sales revenue.
-Since 2007 YouTube has paid $1,250,000,000 to rights holders.
-Google paid $1,65 billion for YouTube in November of 2006.
-Sequoia Capital invested only $11.5 million into YouTube in November 2005.
-Partners revenue is up 50% y/y for the last 3 years.
-The World highest paid YouTube stars earned a combined total of $127 million in 2017. This is a huge increase compared to $54.5 million in 2015.
-The highest paid Youtube partner is Daniel Middleton – DanTDM with annual income reaching $16.5 million for 2017.
-The youngest YouTube star Ryan ToysReview who is 6 years old who is six years old made $11,000,000 in 2017.
-The number of channels earning six figures per year on YouTube is up 50% y/y.
-The number of advertisers running video ads on YouTube is up more than 40% y/y. And for Youtube top 100 advertisers, the average spend per advertiser is up over 60% y/y.

Sources :

https://www.youtube.com/yt/press/statistics.html

https://statisticbrain.com/youtube-statistics

https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com

https://www.google.com

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