If you’re considering diving into the world of video marketing like many video marketers with the planet’s most popular company video-sharing social network, we’ve got all the hot numbers you need to inform your strategy right here.

YouTube user statistics

1. YouTube has 1.7 billion unique monthly visitors

In total, the site gets 14.3 billion visits per month: that’s more than Facebook, Wikipedia, Amazon and Instagram. Pop-u-lar!

2. 54% of YouTube users are male

For YouTube users over 18 years old, 46.1% identify as female and 53.9% identify as male.

This is a bit of a shift from just a couple of years ago (in 2020, 56% of YouTube users were male-identifying and 44% were female-identifying) so this could be a clue that we may be seeing more and more women are creating and consuming content on the platform in the years to come.

3. In the U.S., 62% of users access YouTube daily

Some even visit several times per day, according to Statista. Meanwhile, 92% of American users claimed to use the platform weekly and 98% say they access the site monthly.

4. Visitors spend an average of 19 minutes a day on YouTube

That’s a pretty generous chunk of time to be hanging out on a platform. Wanna capture some of those minutes for your own content? Here’s our guide to getting more views on YouTube and the ultimate breakdown of the current YouTube algorithm.

5. 99% of YouTube users also are on other social media platforms

Less than 1% of YouTube users aged 16-64 are unique to the platform.

The bottom line? Assume that your fans are also following you on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok and make sure you’re not repeating content or cross-posting: give ‘em something fresh!

Dig into our complete guide to YouTube marketing to start building a truly unique strategy for the platform.

YouTube usage statistics

6. YouTube is the world’s second-most visited website

With over 14 billion monthly visits, YouTube clocks in as one of the internet’s heaviest hitters, right after its parent company, Google. “YouTube” also happens to be the third most popular search term on Google.

7. 694,000 hours of video are streamed on YouTube each minute

That’s even more than Netflix, where users stream just 452,000 hours of video marketers.

8. 81% of internet users have used YouTube

So… basically everyone. Even if you’re not creating regular content on the site, it’s worth having a presence here on one of the world’s most popular digital hubs in some capacity.

Ready to build your brand on YouTube? Here’s how to increase your YouTube subscribers and promote your YouTube channel.

9. 22% of YouTube users are accessing the site via mobile

While the majority of YouTube’s audience is watching video marketers via their computer, a big chunk of users are coming to the platform via their phones. Marketers would be wise to make sure content is optimized for a great viewing experience on even the tiniest of screens.

10. Mobile users visit twice as many pages on YouTube as desktop users

Score another one for the mobile crew. With an average of 4.63 pages visited via the YouTube app versus only 2.84 pages per visit on the desktop, mobile users clearly are lingerers who can’t get enough of that ‘Tube.

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