70+ YouTube Marketing Statistics for 2024 That Will Blow Your Mind

Looking for some relevant YouTube marketing statistics for 2024? Look no further than this blog post! YouTube is both a social media platform and a search engine, meaning you can directly engage with your audience and create content that’s there when they’re looking for it.

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Without further ado, here are 70+ YouTube marketing statistics you need to know.

YouTube Marketing Statistics Masterlist

• General YouTube statistics
• YouTube marketing statistics
• YouTube user behavior statistics
• YouTube demographics statistics
• YouTube audience statistics
• YouTube worldwide penetration statistics
• YouTube video, content, and creator statistics
• YouTube Shorts statistics
• YouTube Premium and Music statistics
• YouTube TV statistics

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General YouTube statistics

How many people use YouTube?

What’s the most popular channel? You’ll find the answers to those questions and more below with these general YouTube statistics:

1. Over 10 billion is the number of YouTube app downloads on the Google Play store
2. 2.5 billion people use YouTube each month
3. 259 million people are subscribed to YouTube’s most popular channel (by subscribers), T-Series 
4. 237 million people are subscribed to YouTube’s second most popular channel (by subscriber), MrBeast
5. 239 million users is the size of YouTube’s U.S. audience
6. 5 million is the number of YouTube app downloads by iOS users in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store

YouTube marketing statistics

Now let’s dig into some key YouTube marketing statistics that offer insight into the viability of YouTube as a marketing platform. Below, you’ll find YouTube advertising and marketing statistics:

7. $31.5 billion in global advertising revenue was generated by YouTube in 2023
8. 90% of marketers use YouTube for their video marketing efforts
9. 84% is how much more likely a paid YouTube mobile ad can receive a viewer’s attention than TV advertising
10. 78% of marketers see YouTube as an effective channel for video marketing
11. 67% of B2C marketers use YouTube for their content marketing efforts
12. 45% of B2C marketers said YouTube was “Somewhat Effective” for their marketing efforts
13. 34% is the average bounce rate for YouTube.com
14. 30% of B2C marketers who use paid social media advertising say they use YouTube
15. 29% of B2C marketers said YouTube was “Very Effective” for their marketing efforts
16. 12% of B2C marketers said YouTube was “Extremely Effective’ for their marketing efforts
17. 8% is how much YouTube’s global advertising revenue increased in the past year compared to 2022
18. Only 2% of B2C marketers said YouTube wasn’t effective for their marketing efforts
19. 6 pages are visited by users per visit to YouTube, on average 

YouTube user behavior statistics

Now let’s talk users. Who uses YouTube, and how do they visit the site? Find out with these Youtube stats on user behavior and viewing habits:

20. 98 billion visits to YouTube between July and December 2023 were made via mobile devices
21. 8 billion visits to YouTube between July and December 2023 were made via desktop devices
22. 48 minutes is the daily average amount of time U.S. adults spend on YouTube
23. 90% of YouTube visits from users worldwide were from mobile and smartphone devices
24. 60% of YouTube users say they’re open to watching content from creators who use AI to generate their content
25. 52% of YouTube users have watched a VTuber (virtual YouTuber or influencer)
26. 29% of the time Generation Z video consumers spent engaging with online video content was on YouTube
27. 27% of YouTube users watch over 17 hours of video content on a weekly basis
28. 12% of YouTube visits from users worldwide were from desktop devices

YouTube demographics statistics

Learn more about who makes up YouTube’s expansive and active audience with the following YouTube demographics statistics:

29. 54% of YouTube users are male
30. 46% of YouTube users are female
31. 12% of YouTube’s global audience are male users aged 25-34 years old
32. 9% of YouTube’s global audience are female users aged 25-34 years old

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YouTube audience statistics

YouTube’s audience is diverse and spans dozens of countries around the globe. Check out the top 10 countries with the biggest YouTube audiences:

33. 462 million is the active YouTube audience size in India
34. 239 million is the active YouTube audience size in the U.S.
35. 144 million is the active YouTube audience size in Brazil
36. 139 million is the active YouTube audience size in Indonesia
37. 83 million is the active YouTube audience size in Mexico
38. 78 million is the active YouTube audience size in Japan
39. 71 million is the active YouTube audience size in Pakistan
40. 67 million is the active YouTube audience size in Germany
41. 63 million is the active YouTube audience size in Vietnam
42. 58 million is the active YouTube audience size in the Phillippines

YouTube worldwide penetration statistics

Digging deeper, here’s how YouTube’s worldwide penetration shapes up in some of the platform’s most active countries:

43. 98% of the United Arab Emirates population engages with YouTube
44. 92% of Israel’s population engages with YouTube
45. 91% of the Netherlands’ population engages with YouTube
46. 90% of the U.K., Saudi Arabia, and Norway’s populations engage with YouTube
47. 89% of South Korea’s population engages with YouTube
48. 77% of the U.S.’s population engages with YouTube 

YouTube video, content, and creator statistics

Creators are the backbone of YouTube. Without them, there’s no content! Check out these YouTube creator statistics, including stats about YouTube’s video content:

49. 13 billion views were generated by videos with variations of “grwm” in the title
50. 1.7 billion views were generated by videos related to or using generative AI tools
51. Over 1 billion views were generated by videos related to the Barbie movie
52. $105 million is the estimated net worth of MrBeast, YouTube’s top creator
53. Over 62 million creators are active on YouTube
54. $54 million is the estimated earnings of MrBeast, YouTube’s highest-earning creator
55. Over 14 million videos have been created using YouTube’s clipping feature
56. 30,000 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube each hour, on average
57. 500 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube by creators every minute, on average
58. $18 is the average amount a YouTuber makes per 1,000 views
59. 55% of revenue generated from a YouTube channel goes to the creator

YouTube Shorts statistics

Short form video is a force to be reckoned with on the video platform, and these YouTube Shorts statistics prove it:

60. 70 billion is the number of daily views YouTube Shorts sees
61. 2 billion is the number of monthly logged-in users YouTube Shorts has amassed since its launch in 2020
62. 4.1 million is the average number of views for Shorts with an average view duration of 50 seconds or longer
63. 1.7 million is the average number of views for Shorts 50-60 seconds in length
64. 20-40 seconds is the average length of YouTube Shorts
65. 43% of U.S. ad buyers say their largest clients are advertising on YouTube Shorts
66. 17% of Shorts fall under the “Entertainment” category

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YouTube Premium and Music statistics

Not all content on YouTube is free, but that doesn’t stop people — check out these YouTube Premium and Music statistics:

67. 100 million global users are subscribers of YouTube Premium & Music
68. Over 27 million U.S. users are paying subscribers of YouTube Premium & Music
69. Over 100 countries and regions are home to YouTube Premium & Music’s subscribers

YouTube TV statistics

Were you one of the people to get YouTube TV for the NFL Sunday Ticket? See how the rest of the world reacted to the major NFL provider shift with these YouTube TV stats:

70. 1 billion hours of YouTube TV are watched each day via a TV screen
71. 8 million subscribers are paying for YouTube TV

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