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Thanks, YouTube community, for two BIG gifts on our sixth birthday!
Thursday 26 May 2011
In May 2005, the YouTube founders launched YouTube.com, providing people with a platform to broadcast themselves to the world. Six years on, the world is watching and we wanted to say
thank you
to the YouTube community for a couple of amazing birthday presents.
First, your video. Back in November we
challenged
you to up the volume of videos you uploaded to the site. And boy, did you take the bait. Today,
more than 48 hours (two days worth) of video are uploaded to the site every minute
, a 37% increase over the last six months and 100% over last year. From videos documenting a
baby’s first steps
in San Francisco, Calif., to a
protest in Syria
, to a
commencement speech at Yale University
, we’re continually impressed and inspired by the quality and breadth (in addition to quantity) of videos that you upload to the site every day. On our end, we're constantly evolving to provide the best video sharing and viewing experience for you from
faster processing of uploads
to
longer video lengths
to the launch of
self-service live stream capabilities to partners
.
What can happen in two days, you ask?
You could
drive
non-stop across the country from our office in San Bruno, Calif. to New York City
You could undertake a massive movie marathon by watching the entire
Back to the Future
trilogy eight and a half times (we’d recommend you do that at
YouTube Movies
)
An ambitious
cheetah
(the fastest land animal at an average running speed of 75 mph) starting in South Africa could traverse 3600 miles of the African continent and reach Egypt
The other great birthday present? Your views.
We’re amazed that over this last weekend, you drove YouTube past the 3 billion views a day mark, a 50% increase over last year.
That’s the equivalent of nearly half the world’s population watching a YouTube video each day, or every U.S. resident watching at least nine videos a day.
The first six years of a person’s life are incredibly important for development. The same could be said for a company. For the last six years we’ve grown and evolved in our quest to push video forward and deliver the best possible experience to you. So when will we reach 72 hours a minute, or 4 billion views a day? That’s up to you. For our part, we'll continue to work at delivering the diversity and quality of content you're asking for, from live streams of
music festivals
to
campaigns around social inspiration and change
,
rockstars in education
to
citizen-journalist coverage of global events
and YOU
showcasing your own talent
. You’ve made YouTube successful because it’s a reflection of you and your world. If this is what we’ve accomplished together in six years, we can only imagine where you’ll take us in the next six!
The YouTube Team recently watched “
An Adorable 6-Year-Old Dancer
”.
You old romantics you…72 million live streams in 188 countries for the Royal Wedding on YouTube
Friday 6 May 2011
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are YouTube's newest megastars. Though half the globe was still in darkness, YouTube users from across the world got wedding fever for the Royal Household's official live stream of the landmark wedding on
The Royal Channel
.
The Royal Wedding was live streamed
72 million times
around the world to 188 countries. Those who didn’t see it live still had an opportunity to don their fascinators and catch up with the re-broadcasts later in the day. When it was all said and done, the total streams on April 29, 2011 reached
101 million
as romantics around the globe tuned in to watch the fairytale ceremony, the procession and the final balcony kiss.
And what a kiss it was…during the 10 seconds around the highly-anticipated Royal kiss, the YouTube channel site, powered by Google App Engine, experienced an additional
100,000 requests
on top of the already high load … an effective additional 10,000 requests per second.
Live streams were highest in the UK and the US, but looks like love was in the air across the channel as well. The top 5 countries viewing the live event online were:
United Kingdom
United States
Italy
Germany
France
The online excitement extended to The Official Royal Wedding
website
. Since the launch on March 2, there have been approximately
37.7 million page views from 13.7 million visitors
to the site, which was hosted on Google App Engine and built by Accenture.
The entire live stream of the Royal Wedding, along with video highlights can be found on
The Royal Channel
.
Congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!
Rachel Ball, partner development associate, recently watched “
Best Wishes from Mr. McGrail's United States History Class
.”
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