Top 10 Amazing Facts about YouTube
To some of you, YouTube is just this place where you can watch music videos, how-to guides for things you're trying to do, or to just watch something funny. For others, it's a way to follow interesting vloggers and get entertained on a daily basis by the people they're following. There's even a cult of viewers interested in watching normal people unboxing, stuffs and many more.
One-Third of the World on YouTube
At over 1 billion users, YouTube has over a third of the entire population of the Internet as users. That creates quite a diverse, multicultural melting post of activity!
Half of YouTube Viewers Are on Mobile
Actually, It's more than half. You might think you're an average viewer, sitting there at your computer or laptop. But most of YouTube are actually on a Smart Phone and Tablets, Probably hiding in their bedroom.
You can Play Snake when Video Buffering on Youtube
Those moments when YouTube is buffering? Press an arrow key to start a game of snake.
"Hello" Got Over 100 Million Views in Five Days
Five days is all Adele took to get to 100 million views on YouTube, making "Hello" the fastest video of 2015 to reach that number. It's the Second-fastest video to reach that figure, with Psy's "Gentleman" reaching the mark in only foy days. Adele actually hit the 50 million mark with "Hello" in the 48 hours, making it the biggest YouTube video debut of 2015 and one of the biggest debut of all time.
Most Watched Video is Gangnam Style
Ganganam Style is the most watched video ever, currently sitting on just 2.5 billion views. I'm guessing a lot of views came form people musing over the following fact.
Ganganam Style Passed YouTube's Original Count limit
Psy's Ganganam Style video very nearly hit the
3,145,790,995 plays count limit in YouTube code. The coders were forced to quickly rewrite a few things to change the play count limit, so we can all aim for 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 plays now. Is that high enough for you?
3,145,790,995 plays count limit in YouTube code. The coders were forced to quickly rewrite a few things to change the play count limit, so we can all aim for 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 plays now. Is that high enough for you?
30% of Videos Account for 99% of Traffic
In April 2011, a YouTube Software engineer revealed that almost all of YouTube's Traffic come from 30% of the videos. It's possible that this static hasn't changed much since then, as lots of people are just uploading videos to share with family and friends.
The Founders Came From PayPal
The YouTube Co-founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim all met while they were working at PayPal. So we can thank the startup world for bringing smart entrepreneurs together once again.
It's All Because of a Wardrobe Malfunction
After the Superbowl event where janet Jakson had her famous Wardrobe malfunction, Jawed Karim found himself wondering "Why can't I see this footage anywhere?". And this is why YouTube was invented
YouTube Start as a Dating Site
Presumably co-founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim weren't quite satisfied after finally seeing the Wardrobe Malfunction incident, as they started YouTube as a dating Site. if you don't believe this, check out the Way Back Machine's Archived version of the 2005 YouTube. Apparently it was based on the "Hot or Not" site, but it didn't really catch on.
