10 Interesting Facts About YouTube

It is hard to ignore the dominance of YouTube. Started in February 2005, YouTube's is now the world's biggest video site.


With millions of visitors every month, it is probably one of the most recognized brands of the 21st century.  In 2010, the site celebrated its fifth anniversary and announced that it has surpassed 2 billion views per day. Here are 10 fun facts about YouTube. Enjoy!

- One needs over 1000 years of time to watch all videos on YouTube

- If YouTube was Hollywood, they would have enough material to release 60,000 new films every week

- The first ever video that was uploaded on YouTube is by Jawed Karim titled "Me at the zoo" on April 23rd, 2005. The video was 18 seconds long.

- YouTube founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, was created in order for friends to share video clips of a dinner party, which was too large to email

- Justin Bieber has the most-viewed YouTube video of all time for 'Bad'. The video has been watched more than 200 million views

-  Every minute, 48 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube

- The average visitor spends 15 minutes every day on YouTube

- YouTube accounts for 10 percent of all internet traffic

- Google spent $100 million defending YouTube against Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit

- Eminem's 'Love The Way You Lie' video gained over 6.6 million hits in it's first 24 hours, making it the Best 60 hour Gainer Rate in the history of YouTube

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