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We now watch 1 billion of hours of videos

In 2016, user of YouTube watched a billion hours of videos online.

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According to YouTube, people are now watching a billion hours of video content per day. YouTube announced this on Monday, January 27, 2017. YouTube achieved this feat in 2016.

In the blog post, YouTube said, "And last year, we hit a big milestone on that journey: people around the world are now watching a billion hours of YouTube’s incredible content every single day!

Let’s put that in perspective. If you were to sit and watch a billion hours of YouTube, it would take you over 100,000 years."

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YouTube also went on to thank its fans for reaching this milestone. "We’ve worked hard behind the scenes to make that billion-hour journey possible, but this isn’t just our milestone. It belongs to all of you, too—the global audience that tunes in every day and the creators whose videos have made YouTube the original, surprising and limitless source of entertainment it is. From all of us here at YouTube, please accept our heartfelt thanks."

YouTube is now focused on increasing the length of time people spend watching videos.

Terrestrial TV might be on its last legs as Iroko and Netflix continue to gain ground.

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