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YouTube Surpasses Two Billion Video Views Daily + Info Graphic
Less than a month after its first birthday. YouTube has announced that it has exceeded 2 billion video views per day.The announcement from the Google – owned video website comes as part of a larger initiative that the company is launching today to retell the history behind YouTube and its growth. Here are some interesting facts and figures. Part of that campaign is the launch of “My YouTube Story” and the related YouTube 5 Year Channel.
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