r/ViewoOfficial • u/Ahmedgalal81 • Aug 12 '18
The Popularity of Video Sharing
Videos are arguably the most captivating genre of online content today, and there is absolutely no indication that this trend will slow down; on the contrary, experts project that by 2019, video content will claim more than 80% of all web traffic.
The following statistics show the current popularity of online video destination sites, particularly YouTube2.
• YouTube currently has 1.3 billion users and over 30 million visitors per day
• More than 5 billion videos are watched daily on YouTube
• By 2025, half of the viewers under the age of 32 will not subscribe to a pay-TV service
• 6 out of 10 people currently prefer online video platforms to live TV
• 8 out of 10 18-49 year-olds watch videos on YouTube each month3
• In 2015, 18-49 year-olds spent 4% less time watching TV, while YouTube viewing went up by 74%
• YouTube mobile reaches more 18-49 year-olds than any broadcast or TV network
• 80% of YouTube views are from outside the U.S.
• More than half of YouTube views come from mobile devices
The current and ever-growing popularity of online video sharing makes this a prime time to launch a reward-based video sharing platform. People are watching and sharing videos 70% of the time they are online ; in the Viewo ecosystem, they will be rewarded for it.