YouTube users now upload an hour of video every second... that's a decade of footage EACH DAY
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YouTube users now upload an hour of video every second... that's a decade of footage EACH DAY
By ROB WAUGH
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091747/YouTube-users-upload-hour-video-second.html
Last updated at 7:30 AM on 26th January 2012
YouTube users now upload an hour of video to the site every second - making a decade of video every day.
Videos on the site are viewed four billion times every day - a rise of 25 per cent in the last eight months.
The amount of video uploaded to the site has multiplied tenfold in just four years.
YouTube's take on the new statistics: The site also has four billion video views per day
The equivalent of half the world's population watches a video on YouTube every day.
The site was bought by Google for £1 billion after it was started by three people in a garage in 2005.
'Since the dawn of YouTube, we’ve been sharing the hours of video you upload every minute,' said the site via the official YouTube blog.
'In 2007 we started at six hours, then in 2010 we were at 24 hours, then 35, then 48, and now...60 hours of video every minute, an increase of more than 30 percent in the last eight months.'
'There are now as many video views as there are US $1 bills in circulation, the same as number of years since there was water on Mars...it’s a big number, and you’re making it bigger every day.'
This year, Google unveiled 'Channels' on the site in an effort to make it more 'TV-like' - and more advertiser-friendly.
It was the biggest visual overhaul for YouTube since the site was acquired by Google.
YouTube is confident that the numbers will continue to grow.
'With more original Channels rolling out this year, a new homepage to help you find and follow Channels you love, and new tools for creators always on the horizon, we’re excited to see how many times you’ll grow these numbers this year,' said the site.
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means that I believe it is important for the people of this planet to
know about what people think or do, even when what they think or do is
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in the past about stupid Christian fundamentalists in America praying
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that I was supporting praying to change the weather. So, when I select
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decriminalization, it is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment,
which in this case was very clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs,
as it is stupid to throw depressed and sad people (as only depressed and
sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin their life with a criminal
record. That does not mean that there is any change to the Message which
says clearly that we must not use any drug except for medical purposes.
The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be absolute.
That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews,
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