Reddit user and video blogger Ethan Zuckerman and the developer of the PushShift service developed a script with which they could count all the videos uploaded to the platform on YouTube during the platform’s existence. Progress report Zuckerman shared on your own website.
Enthusiast analysis showed that a total of 13.325 billion clips have been uploaded to YouTube since 2006. The most videos were published on YouTube in 2023, with approximately 4 billion videos. The lowest number was in 2006.
Only 4% of all clips were viewed more than 10 thousand times. 13% received less than 1 thousand views. Approximately 5% of videos have 0 views. The vast majority of videos on YouTube do not have likes or comments. While a video is watched an average of 39 times, the “Recommendations” section includes clips that have been played at least 10 thousand times.
The report also shows that the most popular video language on YouTube is English, accounting for 32% of all uploaded clips. Hindi ranks second with a share of 10.5 percent. Spaniards complete the top three with a share of 8%. This is followed by Arabic and Russian languages with indicators of 6% and 5.6%, respectively.
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