YouTube hits 1 trillion playbacks

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/21/2011 12:18 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

YouTube looks back at 2011 and reveals it broke the 1 trillion playback threshold!

Besides the awe inspiring size of 1 trillion, YouTube is more popular than ever and it allows for content discovery like no other platform on the Internet. The site also allows for ridiculous videos to go viral giving the average citizen a chance at Internet fame which entices many to submit, sometimes odd, videos to the platform.

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