The video-streaming giant YouTube claims to have 1.5 billion viewers every month, with many of them watching more than an hour of videos per day.
What this means, 20 percent of people on Earth visits YouTube every month
The news was shared by YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki in a blog post the same day she gave a keynote address at VidCon, a conference for online video creators in Anaheim, California.
Wojcicki also wrote that YouTube Red, the company's foray into original videos, has 12 new projects in the works for Red, including comedies from Rob Huebel and Ryan Hansen, and has launched 37 series that have generated "nearly a quarter billion views."
"We are excited about working with creators to help them create incredible content that delights their fans," said Wojcicki.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted about the milestone soon after Wojcicki's post:
In addition to that, YouTube is saying that it is expanding its live TV bundle, called YouTube TV, available in more markets, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Washington, D.C., Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Miami, Orlando and Charlotte, N.C.
YouTube also unveiled a new virtual reality technology, called VR180, that will make it easier for video creators to make VR content. To leverage the effort, the company is working with camera companies to create products that can feature the technology, which shows only a view of what is in front of a VR camera, rather than a 360-degree view of a scene.
The feature is seen as a less-expensive step to creating full 360-degree videos.
