According to Google, one hour of web video is uploaded to YouTube each second. This short animation straight from the horse’s mouth does the rest of the math, complete with cute visualizations to help viewers wrap their heads around the crazy data.
• 48 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.
• Every day, more than 3 billion videos are viewed.
• More video is uploaded to YouTube in 60 days than the three major U.S. networks created in 60 years.
• 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the U.S.
• YouTube is localized in 25 countries across 43 languages.
For an interactive experience, check out http://www.onehourpersecond.com/.
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