Did you know that there are more than 7 billion videos watched each and every day on Facebook and YouTube combined…?
Recently the earth’s population passed the 7 billion mark and over 2 billion of those are connected to the internet and more than 5 billion have a mobile phone.
- 60 hours of video are uploaded every minute, or one hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every second
- Over 4 billion videos are viewed a day
- Over 800 million unique users visit YouTube each month
- Over 3 billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube
- 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US
- YouTube is localised in 39 countries and across 54 languages
One thing is clear: customers are hungry for video. A recent survey confirms that businesses that are using video have seen an increase in sales in 2015.
- 4 times as many consumers would rather watch a video about a product than read about it.
- 1 in 4 consumers actually lost interest in a company that doesn’t have video.
- Customers are nearly 50% more likely to read email newsletters that include links to video.
- 4 in 5 consumers say a video showing how a product or service works is important.