Hello, YouTubers and future content creators! Get ready to hit that subscribe button, because we’re diving into 30 mind-blowing facts about YouTube. From the first video ever uploaded to the platform to the most subscribed channels today, we’ll explore the fascinating history and culture of this video-sharing giant.
1-10 Fun Facts About YouTube
1. Over 1 billion hours of video content are watched on YouTube daily.
2. YouTube is growing at an insane pace. Every minute, more than 500 hours of video content are uploaded. That means by the time you finish reading this sentence, someone has uploaded 5 hours of new video.
3. With over 2 billion users, YouTube is like a virtual country with a population larger than the entire continent of Africa.
4. The first YouTube video ever was uploaded in April 2005, and it featured one of its co-founders, Jawed Karim, talking about elephants at the San Diego Zoo. Aww, how cute!
5. The absence of video clips of Super Bowl XXXVIII and the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami gave Jawed the idea of a video-sharing platform.
6. YouTube was established by three former PayPal employees.
7. Psy’s “Gangnam Style” was so popular that it broke YouTube’s view counter, which could only display up to 2,147,483,647 views. So, YouTube had to upgrade its system to accommodate the massive views.
8. When YouTube detects copyrighted material in a video, it gives the copyright owners the choice of either taking the video down or claiming a share of the ad revenue. So, next time you’re watching a “Gangnam Style” parody, remember that Psy is earning money from it.
9. YouTube is very strict about inappropriate content. In 2018 alone, a team of 10,000 reviewers removed 32 million videos that violated YouTube’s community guidelines. Yikes!
10. Believe it or not, Anne Frank is on YouTube. She was captured on film leaning out of her window to get a glimpse of a wedding. Who knew that one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust would end up on YouTube?
11-20 Interesting Facts About YouTube
11. YouTube is the second-largest search engine, surpassed only by Google. It is larger than Bing, Yahoo!, and Ask combined.
12. YouTube is banned in China, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
13. The longest video on YouTube is “The Longest Video on YouTube – 596.5 hours!” by Jonathan Harchick, which is exactly what it says it is: almost 25 days of continuous video footage.
14. If you type “Do the Harlem Shake” into the search bar on YouTube, the page itself will perform the famous dance move for your entertainment.
15. Just 18 months after YouTube’s creation, Google acquired the platform for $1.65 billion in stocks, a testament to the site’s rapid growth and potential.
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16. Justin Bieber’s music video for “Baby” currently holds the unenviable title of the most disliked video on YouTube, with over 4.4 million dislikes.
17. At the YouTube headquarters, employees have the option of traveling between floors via elevator, stairs, or a thrilling big slide.
18. The most searched tutorial on YouTube happens to be “How to Kiss.”
19. If you have 10,000 subscribers on YouTube, you are eligible to use the platform’s production space in Los Angeles for free.
20. Family Guy learned the hard way that you can’t just steal someone else’s YouTube footage without permission. When they used a clip without the owner’s OK, the original video got yanked from the site faster than a Peter Griffin fart.
21-30 Shocking Facts About YouTube
21. Rick Astley might have become a meme sensation thanks to Rickrolling, but he’s not exactly rolling in the dough. The poor guy only made $12 in royalties from the whole thing. Somebody get this man a better agent!
22. One of YouTube’s founders was not pleased when the site started requiring G+ accounts to comment. He wrote on his profile, “Why the f*ck do I need a Google+ account to comment on a video?” We feel ya, man.
24. Move over, Gwyneth Paltrow – Grumpy Cat’s taking over as the top earner. The feline sensation made more money than the Oscar-winning actress, proving that the internet is the new Hollywood.
25. North Korea once had a propaganda video taken down from YouTube for using copyrighted Call of Duty footage. We guess they didn’t check the fine print on the licensing agreement.
26. Julius Yego, an Olympic silver medalist in javelin throwing, learned his craft by watching YouTube videos. Maybe we can all become champions if we just hit the play button!
27. Back in 2007, YouTube used up as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000. Talk about a growth spurt!
28. Geriatric1972, aka Peter Oakley, was the most subscribed user on YouTube back in August 2006. His channel featured him recounting events from his life, including his time serving in the British army during WW2. He continued posting videos until he died in 2014.
29. When a video starts getting lots of views, YouTube “freezes” the view count at 301. They do this to make sure all the traffic to the video is legit before revealing the real numbers. So don’t be alarmed if the view count seems stuck!
30. YouTube and Netflix together account for half of peak internet traffic in North America. Looks like we’re all spending more time in front of screens than ever before.
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31. Finally, a lost Jackie Chan movie called “Big and Little Wong Tin Bar” was thought to be gone forever… until it suddenly showed up on YouTube in 2016.
32. The first video to hit a million views on YouTube was a Nike commercial featuring soccer star Ronaldinho. We’re not sure if the shoes made the goals, but they sure helped the video score big!
That’s it for this post guys, I hope you had fun while reading 30 Amazing YouTube facts
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