{"id":749286,"date":"2013-05-01T20:31:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T00:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=641482"},"modified":"2013-05-01T20:31:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T00:31:42","slug":"youtube-users-now-watch-6-billion-hours-of-videos-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/749286","title":{"rendered":"YouTube users now watch 6 billion hours of videos a month"},"content":{"rendered":"

People are now watching more than 6 billion hours of video a month on YouTube, the Google-owned video service announced on its blog<\/a> Wednesday afternoon. That\u2019s \u00a0twice as much as just a year ago: In May 2012, YouTube announced<\/a> that its viewers were watching three billion hours of videos a month. In August, that number had grown to four billion hours<\/a>.<\/p>

From the announcement blog post:<\/p>

“We recently announced that YouTube hit an incredible milestone of 1 billion unique monthly visitors, connecting 15 percent of the planet to the videos they love. And those global fan communities are watching more than 6 billion hours of video each month on YouTube; almost an hour a month for every person on Earth and 50 percent more this year than last.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

Less than two months ago, YouTube announced<\/a> that its site now gets frequented by more than one billion unique visitors a month.<\/p>

YouTube announced the new milestone in conjunction with the Newfronts in New York, where various online video services are showing new shows to advertisers.<\/p>
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