{"id":658954,"date":"2013-05-20T09:34:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=230809"},"modified":"2013-05-20T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:34:05","slug":"youtube-celebrates-8-years-has-a-billion-monthly-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/658954","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Celebrates 8 Years, Has A Billion Monthly Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has now been around for eight years, having launched in May of 2005. Google acquired it the following year. <\/p>\n<p>The company put up <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube-global.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/heres-to-eight-great-years.html\">a blog post<\/a> celebrating the landmark, thanking users, and sharing a few stats. The YouTube Team writes: <\/p>\n<p><em>When YouTube\u2019s site first launched in May 2005, we never could have imagined the endless ways in which you would inspire, inform and entertain us every day.<\/p>\n<p>Today, more than 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. That\u2019s more than four days of video uploaded each minute! Every month, more than 1 billion people come to YouTube to access news, answer questions and have a little fun. That\u2019s almost one out of every two people on the Internet. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>They also mention that millions of partners are creating content for YouTube. <\/p>\n<p>There are certainly plenty of things on the horizon for the site. It recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/youtube-paid-channels-are-here-start-at-0-99-a-month-2013-05\">introduced YouTube Subscriptions<\/a>, where users can subscribe to channels starting at $0.99 per month, which could be the beginning of something much bigger for YouTube. <\/p>\n<p>The company also announced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/google-gives-businesses-a-new-reason-to-use-youtube-2013-05\">a new way for businesses to get more out of YouTube<\/a> last week at Google I\/O, which could be the beginning of something <em>else <\/em>much bigger  in ecommerce. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/youtubes-new-channel-design-rolls-out-to-everyone-on-june-5th-2013-05\">New YouTube channel designs are rolling out to everyone<\/a> on June 5th. Last week, YouTube channels in good standing with over 1,000 subscribers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/youtube-live-streaming-expands-to-all-channels-with-1000-subscribers-2013-05\">became eligible for live streaming<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/youtube-trends-map-reveals-that-you-all-really-like-true-blood-2013-05\">YouTube Trends Map<\/a> to track current video popularity. <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=OovEmEOxcaw:JDOBv0YOkqc:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/OovEmEOxcaw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has now been around for eight years, having launched in May of 2005. 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