YouTube serving 100 million videos a day
July 27th, 2006 Zeid Nasser (Admin)
This has got to be the biggest online success story of the past 12 months. YouTube, which only started last year, is now serving up more than 100 million videos per day.
YouTube is a video sharing site that enables any user to upload a video, which can then be viewed by site visitors. The site is the perfect example of user-driven and user-generated media and is host to every interest in the world.
For example, amidst the conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza, users on both sides are uploading their ‘home videos’ of the war and its turning into a ‘video battle’.
Lighter topics that where big in July include the Zidane headbutt in the World Cup Final.
It’s also fast becoming the database of the world’s TV commercials, with AdBlogArabia linking to YouTube for most TV commercials we blog about.
YouTube has emerged as the undisputed market leader in online video with 29 percent of the U.S. multimedia entertainment market according to web traffic measurement site Hitwise.
Statistics by Hitwise in the United States reveal that 60 percent of all videos watched online are through YouTube.
These statistics can be seen at the Hitwise Press Center.
Also read a report about this ‘100 million milestone’ here.
Entry Filed under: International, Online, Research
Technorati Tags: YouTube, Hitwise, User Statistics, 100 million, USA Top Websites, Video Sharing, Viral Video, Lebanon War, Gaza
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1. Mike | July 30th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Which makes it even more of a scandal the Etisalat have just blocked the bloody thing.
2. Zeid Nasser (Admin) | July 30th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
Check out Metacafe.com.
Loads of ads there too. And, of course, you can find many on GoogleVideo.
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