20 Fascinating Facts About YouTube You Need to Know

YouTube is a platform that has taken the world by storm. It’s hard to imagine life without it now, with billions of users consuming videos on the platform every day. Here are some fascinating facts about YouTube:

  1. There are over 114 million active YouTube channels, with 10,000 of these being partners who use Content ID, including movie studios, broadcasters, and record labels.

  2. YouTube has around 2.6 billion monthly active users, spread across more than 100 countries.

  3. There are around 122 million daily active users on YouTube, accessing the platform from all corners of the globe.

  4. You can create up to 100 channels with one YouTube account.

  5. Around 321,000 channels have 100,000 subscribers or more.

  6. YouTube is used all over the world, with content in over 80 languages. However, it is banned in five countries – China, North Korea, Iran, Eritrea, and Turkmenistan.

  7. Visitors spend an average of 19 minutes per day on YouTube.

  8. YouTube is the world’s second most visited website, behind Google.

  9. An average of nearly 700,000 hours of video are streamed each minute.

  10. As of April 2023, mobile users make up almost 90% of worldwide visits to YouTube, compared to just 10% on desktop.

  11. Music videos are the most popular type of video on YouTube, with ‘song,’ ‘songs’, ‘music’ and ‘karaoke’ all among the top 20 search queries.

  12. YouTube Shorts attract more than 30 billion daily views, having grown quickly since their introduction in 2020.

  13. An average of 2,500 new videos are uploaded every minute, amounting to 183 hours of video content.

  14. Around 3.7 million new videos are uploaded to YouTube every day with an average length of 4.4 minutes.

  15. There are at least 800 million videos on YouTube, and the number is constantly growing.

  16. The most viewed video on YouTube is ‘Baby Shark Dance’ with over 12 billion views.

  17. Over 81% of people use YouTube as a source of entertainment.

  18. You need to have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the past year before you can monetize your YouTube content.

  19. Based on industry averages, you need about 500,000 views to earn $1,000 from ads.

  20. According to Forbes, Mr Beast is the highest paid YouTuber with a $54m payout last year.