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Ten facts about YouTube
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3 billion hours of video are added every month.
There are 800 million different users on the ‘tube’.
1. 4 Billion Videos are Watched Every
Day.
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02. Originally was Slated for Online
Dating! The creators of the tube originally wanted
to make a dating site called “Tune In Ho0k Up“.
After a few discussions the Idea was dropped.
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03. The First Video was About Elephants!
The first video put up on Facebook was ‘Me at the zoo’ by co-founder Jawed Karim discussing elephant trunks.
This short film has over 9 million views.
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04. It's Not UTUBE!
Initially people were attempting to type the address phonetically, which caused mass confusion.
Later they changed their address to Utubeonline, and ‘Utube’ is now a redirecting page.
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05. Thank You Janet Jackson
For those of us that remember the great boob-gate scandal of Super Bowl XXXVIII, “this” event served as a launching point for the site.
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When Karim was unable to find footage of the previously mentioned Jackson’s nipple, it inspired him to help create the site we use to today.
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06. 92 Billion Page Views Per Month!
The average user visiting the site is 14 times a month.
And they stay around 25 minutes per visit.
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07. Three Homies!
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim all were buds from their old job(PayPal).
They went into the idea of the YouTube with a bonus from Work.
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08. Across the Pond!
Nearly 70% of YouTube's traffic comes from outside the good old USA.
In fact the site is localized in 36 countries, across 54 different languages.
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10% of the site’s videos are
broadcasted in HD.
09. It's Got Definition!
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10. Advertising Pays the Bills!
YouTube advertises for over 10,000 companies including
Disney, Turner, and Univision.
The site monetizes nearly
3 billion video views per week.