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

YouTube 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

• Website: youtube.com
• Release date: 2005
• Headquarters: San Bruno, Ca
• Parent company: Google/Alphabet
• YouTube founders: Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen
• CEO: Susan Wojcicki

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

YouTube Statistics

How many people use YouTube?

1.8 billion logged-in monthly YouTube users

Last updated 5/4/18

How many people watch YouTube in the US?

180.1 million 

Last updated 1/27/17

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 2/27/17

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 video content watched on YouTube daily:

1 billion hours per day 

Last updated 2/27/17

Average time spent on YouTube per session: 

40 minutes 

Last updated 10/3/16

How many YouTube videos are uploaded every minute?

400 hours worth 

Last updated 11/5/17

How many YouTube videos are uploaded 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

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

Average amount of time YouTube logged-in users spend watching on mobile daily:

more than one hour per day

Last updated 6/22/17

Number of signals YouTube users have created over time:

80 billion 

Last updated 6/20/17

What is the most-viewed YouTube video ever? 

Despacito w/over 5 billion views 

Last updated 4/6/18

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

Estimated amount that US YouTube creators earned in 2016:

$3.2 billion

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

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 markets that YouTube TV is available in:

100 markets

Last updated 3/12/18

Number of people that use the YouTube TV app:

300,000

Last updated 3/12/18

Amount Google paid in 2006 to purchase YouTube:

$1.65 billion

How many videos on YouTube are captioned:

1 billion

Last updated 2/16/17

Top video on YouTube in 2017:

Until We Will Become Dust – Oyster Masked (ตราบธุลีดิน – หน้ากากหอยนางรม) | THE MASK SINGER 2

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

200 million

Last updated 9/18/18

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:

180 million hours

Last updated 10/16/18