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There are more than
114 million active YouTube channels – which includes broadcasters, movie studios, record labels and more.
Source: Tim Queen
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YouTube has
around 2.7 billion monthly active users, in over 100 countries.
Source: Global Media Insight
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YouTube has approximately
122 million daily active users, b
ased all over the world.
Source: Global Media Insight
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You can create
up to 100 channels with one single YouTube account.
Source: YouTube Help
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Around 321,000 channels have 100,000 subscribers or more.
Source: Medium
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YouTube is used all over the world, with co
ntent in over 80 languages. However, the site is currently banned in ten countries.
Source: Geeks for Geeks
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Visitors spend an average of 19 minutes per day on YouTube.
Source: Broadband Search
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YouTube is the
world’s second most visited website, right behind Google.
Source: SemRush
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One billion hours of co
ntent is watched on YouTube across the world every day.
Source: Global Media Insight
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Mobile users make up 87.35% of worldwide visits to YouTube, compared to just 12.65% on desktop.
Source: Statista
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Music videos are
the most popular type of video on YouTube.
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YouTube Shorts attract
more than 70 billion daily views.
Source: Statista
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More than
500 hours of new videos are uploaded to YouTube every minute. That equates to 30,000 hours every hour, and 720,000 hours every single day!
Source: TubeFilter
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There are approximately
3.9 billion videos on YouTube, of which
826 million are YouTube Shorts. Although, this number is difficult to pinpoint with hours of new co
ntent being uploaded every minute.
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Videos on YouTube have an average length of 11.7 minutes.
Source: Statista
You can find out exactly how much time you’ve spent watching YouTube videos. To do this:
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Tap your profile picture in the top right.
- Tap ‘Time watched.’
The most viewed video on YouTube is ‘Baby Shark Dance’ with over 14.5 billion views. Since it was uploaded in June 2016, it’s clocked up an average of just a shade under 5 million views per DAY.
According to SEMRush…
– 82% of people use YouTube as a source of entertainment
– 18% use it to specifically to follow brands and companies
– 7% use YouTube as a way to strengthen their professional work.
– 37% of viewers ages 30 to 49 use YouTube as a news source.
1. MrBeast (314m)
2. T-Series (273m)
3. YouTube Movies (183m)
4. Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes (182m)
5. SET India (177m)
Based on industry averages, you probably need about 500,000 views to earn $1,000 from ads. The cost per thousand (CPM) works out to be $2 per 1,000 impressions.
You need to have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the past year before you can monetise your YouTube content. Once you reach those thresholds, you can apply for YouTube Partner Program which allows you to start monetising your channels through ads.
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A good average amount to expect is around $0.18 a view. That would mean, on average, you could expect to receive $18 per 1,000 ad views.
Source: Influencer Marketing Hub
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You can expect to be paid between $2,000 and $3,000 in ad revenue for 1 million YouTube views.
Source: Review42
Yes, YouTube pays monthly. Your earnings for the previous month get added to your YouTube payment account balance in AdSense any time between the 7th and 12th of the following month.
You’d need to gather around 2 million views each month, in order to earn $5,000 per month in YouTube ad revenue, based on widely reported averages,
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A study of six YouTubers revealed income of between $2 and $12 per 1,000 views.
Source: Business Insider
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Mr Beast is the highest paid YouTuber with a $54m payout last year. He beat out Jake Paul ($45m), Markiplier ($38m) Rhett and L
ink ($30m) and Unspeakable ($28.5m).
Source: Forbes
The first YouTuber was Jawed Karim who was also a founder of YouTube. He uploaded the first ever video on April 23rd, 2005 – it was titled Me at the Zoo and has attracted 333m views.
