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Here are all of the YouTube statistics and facts you will ever want to know including number of users, videos, views, revenue, subscriber stats and more.

Youtube statistics factsYouTube is a true American success story. It began as the brainchild of Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim: three PayPal employees that wanted to create a platform where users could post and share video clips. As a startup, YouTube attracted users and funding fairly quickly and was snatched up by the almighty Google roughly a year and a half after it was launched for $1.65 billion.

When a social network has over a billion users that spend amazing amounts of time on it daily, there is no shortage of aspects of and facts about YouTube that can be measured and reported. I have been collecting YouTube stats and facts for about 6 years now in this curated collection. Below is a lengthy sampling of what I have put together over the years and if you like what you see, you can purchase the entire downloadable report at the bottom of this post. As always, I will be adding to and updating these stats as often as they are made available.

YouTube Facts

YouTube History

  • 2005 – YouTube launched
  • 2006 – Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion
  • 2010 – YouTube began streaming cricket matches
  • 2011 – YouTube gets a major site redesign
  • 2015 – YouTube Kids launched
  • 2015 – YouTube Premium launched (as YouTube Red)
  • 2017 – YouTube gets a major site redesign

Top YouTube Competitors

YouTube Statistics

How many people use YouTube?

2 billion logged-in monthly YouTube users

Last updated 5/3/19

Percentage of the Earth’s population that use YouTube monthly:

about 25%

Last updated 5/7/18

How many people watch YouTube in the US?

180.1 million

Last updated 1/27/17

How many videos on YouTube are captioned:

1 billion

Last updated 2/16/17

Number of countries YouTube has users in:

90 countries

Last updated 11/29/17

Amount of content YouTube users watch annually:

46,000 years worth of content

Last updated 10/9/16

Percentage of YouTube traffic from mobile:

70%

Last updated 5/3/19

Estimated YouTube valuation:

$140 billion

Last updated 3/5/19

Number of times the YouTube app has been installed from the Play Store:

5 billion installs

Last updated 12/3/18

YouTube overall reaches more 18-34 and 18-49 year-olds than any cable network in the U.S.

Average amount of YouTube video content watched daily:

1 billion hours per day

Last updated 5/12/18

Average time spent on YouTube per mobile session:

60 minutes

Last updated 5/12/18

How many YouTube videos are uploaded every minute?

500 hours worth

Last updated 5/12/18

How many videos are uploaded on YouTube every day?

576,000 hours worth

Last updated 11/5/17

Number of YouTube channels with more than 1 million subscribers:

1,500

Last updated 2/3/16

Percentage of US Internet users, aged 13-17 (teens) that use YouTube:

85%

Last updated 5/31/18

Number of subscribers of YouTube Music and Google Play Music combined:

15 million subscribers

Last updated 6/27/19

Percentage of US enterprise companies that use YouTube:

61%

Last updated 7/13/16

Type of YouTube content most preferred by Millennials:

Videos uploaded by people

How many YouTube video views that come from mobile devices:

more than 50%

Last updated 10/3/16

Number of signals YouTube users have created over time:

80 billion

Last updated 6/20/17

YouTube Statistics and Facts

Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash

What is the most-viewed YouTube video ever?

Despacito

Last updated 2/25/19

How many people in India watch YouTube?

245 monthly active users

Last updated 8/28/18

Percentage of US millennials that visit YouTube daily:

54%

Last updated 1/6/17

YouTube makes up over half of people’s time watching online video on television.

Last updated 9/1/16

Percentage of US teen boys (aged 13-17) that use YouTube daily:

85%

Last updated May 2017

Percentage of US teen girls (aged 13-17) that use YouTube daily:

70%

Last updated May 2017

Number of weekly active YouTube Kids viewers:

8 million

Last updated 2/13/17

Number of revenue-earning YouTube users in the US:

1.8 million

Last updated 2/1/18

Number of markets that YouTube TV is available in:

100 markets

Last updated 3/12/18

Number of YouTube TV subscribers:

1 million

Last updated 3/1/19

Percentage of US streaming service versifier YouTube reaches:

53%

Last updated 4/10/17

Percentage of US YouTube viewers that don’t watch Netflix:

more than 30%

Last updated 4/10/17

Number of people that watch gaming videos and streams on YouTube each day:

200 million

Last updated 9/18/18

Percentage of YouTube gamers that watch YouTube videos to learn how to get better at a game:

74%

Last updated 6/2017

Number of people that watched live-streamed video game content on YouTube in Q2 2019:

735.54 million hours

YouTube’s share of the video game live streaming market:

19.5%

Last updated 7/12/19

Number of gaming how-to videos on YouTube:

over 20 million

Last updated 6/2017

Number of countries YouTube Music is available in:

60

Last updated 7/18/19

Top-earning YouTube star (based on income):

Ryan ToysReview ($22 million)

Last updated 12/4/18

Average amount of YouTube content that is watched on TV screens daily:

250 million hours

Last updated 5/3/19

Amount of gaming content viewed on YouTube in 2018:

50 billion hours

Video with the most YouTube views in its first 24 hours:

Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (43.2 million views)

Last updated 8/29/17

Number of downloads of YouTube Go:

10 million

Last updated 12/19/17

Number of countries YouTube Go is available in:

130 countries

Last updated 3/1/18

Number of installs of the YouTube for Android TV app:

10 million

Last updated 2/4/18

60% of Americans aged 35-54 visit YouTube for music-related content at least once a week.

Last updated June 2018

29% of Americans aged 55+ visit YouTube for music-related content at least once a week.

Last updated June 2018

Oldest video to get 1 billion YouTube views:

November Rain (Guns N Roses)

YouTube makes up over half of people’s time watching online video on television.

Last updated 9/1/16

Most subscribed-to YouTube channel:

T-Series

Last updated 3/11/19

Number of views in the YouTube Kids app to date:

30 billion views

Last updated 2/13/17

10 Most-viewed YouTube videos of all time (as of 6/18/19):

  1. Despacito (Luis Fonsi)
  2. Shape of You (Ed Sheeran)
  3. See You Again (Wiz Khalifa)
  4. Recipe for Disaster (Marsha and the Bear)
  5. Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson)
  6. Gangnam Style (Psy)
  7. Sorry (Justin Bieber)
  8. Sugar (Maroon 5)
  9. Baby Shark Dance (Pinkfong)
  10. Roar (Katy Perry)

Percentage of YouTube’s daily views that come from outside the U.S.:

80%

Last updated 5/12/18

Fastest music video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube:

“Hello” (by Adele)

Last updated 1/21/16

Number of music videos that have reached 1 billion views on YouTube:

17

Last updated 1/21/16

Number of downloads for the YouTube Kids app:

50 million downloads

Last updated 7/8/18

Number of video views for YouTube Kids in its first year:

10 billion views

Number of YouTube channels with at least 250,000 subscribers:

43,770

Last updated 1/7/19

Top 10 YouTube title keywords that get the most views:

  1. Fortnite
  2. ASMR
  3. Slime
  4. Rainbow
  5. Prank
  6. Worst
  7. NFL
  8. Makeup
  9. Moment
  10. Wrong

(source) Last updated 1/7/19

Get the Full Report

The full YouTube report is available in a few of our annual industry report. Some of the data in industry reports include:

  • User Totals
  • Demographics
  • Activity and Video Stats
  • Mobile Stats
  • Advertising and Revenue Stats
  • Etc.- all in one place

I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.

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