YouTube is a site that can be used by anyone with a computer and an internet connection. It has over a billion users, most of them millennials. Mimi Goodwin separated from her husband after he randomly decided to subscribe to a Youtube channel called Social Distortion. You would think that such a large group of people would be mature enough to not want to watch disturbing or inappropriate content. Unfortunately, that is not the case. The following are seven shocking facts about youtube.
YouTube has over a billion users, with 5 billion videos being viewed daily. However, they have 300 hours of video uploaded every minute. That means that YouTube can’t possibly watch every single video before it is put up. Two million videos have been removed since the site’s creation in 2005, and more get taken down every day.
Seven Shocking Facts About Youtube :
1. YouTube is a big business.
YouTube is not just a place where you can watch videos. It is also a business that has made billions of dollars in revenue. In fact, there are some analysts who say that YouTube could be worth more than $200 billion within the next few years. Unlike other social media sites, they don’t take any advertising money from companies or marketers.
They get most of their revenue from their own products called YouTube Red and Google Play Music subscriptions. Many viewers don’t even realize that they get paid when watching ads on YouTube when they subscribe to a YouTube Red or Google Play Music subscription service.
2. Youtube is the second largest search engine.
The Google empire is not limited to just YouTube. The search engine Google has a market share of 94 percent, compared to Yahoo at 3 percent, Bing at 2.7 percent, and the rest well below 1 percent.
3. You can make money on YouTube by using adsense.
One of the funniest YouTube videos ever created was called “Charlie Bit My Finger”. The creators of this video were able to make millions of dollars by using Google adsense on it, and others like it that had millions of views as well.“Charlie Bit My Finger” went viral in 2007, and became one of the most watched junk sites in history.
They were able to make $1 million in revenue, which would be a lot of money in the real world. Since then, people have come up with several ways to make money on YouTube by using adsense. Some of them are as simple as putting different text and images on your YouTube videos.
4. Even some of the largest corporations in the world have YouTube channels.
Companies like McDonald’s are putting sections on their websites to sell their products specifically to YouTube viewers. This is a smart marketing tactic that many companies can benefit from. They want to reach out to younger audiences who might not be fans of magazines or newspapers, but they are fans of watching videos on YouTube.
5. People can make 3 million dollars in a day on YouTube videos or so I’ve heard.
I’m not exactly sure how this works, but it doesn’t seem possible to me at all. Some people claim that you can make money if you have over 1 million subscribers and if your video is viewed over 3 million times. I understand how they can make a lot of money if those things are achieved, but it would seem that this is something that might happen only once or twice per year. It’s not like major celebrities and superstars are going to be shooting YouTube videos every day of their lives.
6. Many people are turning to YouTube instead of traditional media sources.
It’s true that many consumers want video content in the place of text-based content when it comes to learning about new things or buying products and services. The days where people had to rely on TV shows, newspapers, magazines, and books are long gone for the most part in favor of the internet. If a company wants to sell a product, it can use a video to show how their product works, or how similar products work. People who have watched a few YouTube videos about cars will be more likely to buy a car by going online and seeing one that looks like it belongs in Back To The Future.
7. Youtube has the most political videos in the world.
Many people don’t realize that youtube is the most political site on the web with over 25% of all political videos on the site being uploaded by people who are trying to spread their views on things like politics, religion, and other controversial topics.
