The platform was founded in February 2005 by three entrepreneurs in the USA and was bought by technology giant Google for $1.65 billion a year after its founding.
The platform, which has been part of the Google ecosystem since 2006, has 2.7 billion active users in 2024. The number of users on the platform is expected to reach 2.85 billion next year.
YouTube, which 52 percent of internet users use at least once a month, is visited 113 billion times a month.
The platform's paid services, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music, which offer various features, in particular ad-free access to content, are actively used by 100 million users worldwide.
It is stated that advertising revenue, which is YouTube's main source of income, is over $30 billion annually.
Türkiye is the 11th country with the most users
Among the countries where YouTube is most used, India ranks first with 467 million users. India is followed by the USA with 247 million users. Turkey ranks 11th with more than 57 million users.
53.9 percent of platform users are men and 46.1 percent are women. A total of 720,000 hours of videos are uploaded to the platform every day, with the majority of users being between 25 and 34 years old.
The total amount of videos watched by all users on YouTube equals more than 1 billion hours per day.
The highest-earning YouTuber is MrBeast from the USA
YouTube is also considered an important source of income for content creators. YouTubers are people who attract attention with their videos on the platform.
By 2024, there will be more than 110 million channels on the platform. First on the list of those who make the most money from their videos is the American YouTuber MrBeast with 239 million followers. According to 2022 data, MrBeast generated more than $50 million in sales through the platform.
MrBeast was followed by Jake Paul with $45 million, Markiplier with $38 million, Rhett and Link with $30 million and Unspeakable with $28.6 million.
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