YouTube says it's now serving more than 4 billion videos a day. The DIY giant made the most noise about another stat, however: 60 hours of video uploaded every minute. Or an hour of video per second, for the nano-oriented. Or a century every 10 days, for the geezers. YouTube says the 4 billion videos a day figure, which is global, is up 25 … [Read more...]
Another viewing record
The U.S. continues to watch online videos at a record pace, with 43.5 billion videos viewed in December. That tops the record 42.6 billion videos viewed in October, according to figures from the online ranking service comScore. For December, comScore reported that Google sites (YouTube, mostly) served 21.9 billion videos to U.S. viewers. … [Read more...]
Online viewing at new high
Viewers watched more than 42.6 billion videos in October, reaching an all-time high. The online video tracking service comScore said 184 million U.S. Internet users watched videos in the record-breaking October, for an average of 21.1 hours per viewer. Most of them viewed content on Google sites (YouTube), which hit a record high of 20.9 … [Read more...]
Viewing peaks in July
Online video watching heated up in the dog days of July, with a record 6.9 billion viewing sessions logged during the month. The average U.S. viewing time was on fire as well, hitting 18.5 hours. That was up from 16.8 hours in June and 15.9 hours in May, according to comScore figures for July. The viewing-session record followed up on one … [Read more...]
Viewing sessions hit a peak
U.S. online video users engaged in 6.2 billion viewing sessions in the past month, hitting an all-time high. About 172 million people watched online video in June, good for an average of 16.8 hours per viewer, according to comScore. Almost 86 percent of Internet users in the U.S. watched at least one video. "Google Sites" (YouTube) and Vevo … [Read more...]
