In May of last year, we announced 20 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube
every minute. We then challenged you to keep the uploads coming to see
whether or not we could get a day’s worth of video – 24 hours – uploaded
in the same brief time span.
Today, we’re announcing that you’ve done it!
In just 60 quick ticks of the second hand, more than a full,
action-packed day in Jack Bauer’s
life is now uploaded to YouTube. To put this into context, imagine how
much stuff happens in 24 hours:
- The earth rotates 360
degrees as it orbits the sun
- The second hand on
your bedside clock ticks 86,400 times
- The most skilled climber
reaches Mount Everest’s summit
- 2.5 days go by
on Jupiter
A day’s worth of content uploaded to YouTube
every minute is a big achievement for our community and speaks to the
role video plays in connecting and changing the world one upload at a
time. So what’s next? 30 hours? 36 hours? Tell us in the comments below
what you think the next big YouTube upload milestone should be.
Hunter
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Graph showing
growth hours per minute uploaded to the site
Cross-posted from the Official YouTube Blog
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