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Thanks, YouTube community, for two BIG gifts on our sixth birthday!
May 25, 2011
(Cross-posted from the
YouTube Blog
)
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!
Update
8:09am
: This post was originally published in a slightly different form and has since been updated. No content has been changed; just rearranged.
Posted by the YouTube Team
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