The internet is taking over everything; there is now an Intelligentsia coffee based on a meme. (Full disclosure: I had some this morning. It is intense. Honey badger don’t give a shit.)
Stay tuned for Rebecca Black Breakfast Blend and Privilege Denying Dude Decaf.
It’s amazing how YouTube has become a part of our everyday lives in just 5 short years. Talk about disruptive innovation. Just look at these statistics:
2 billion views every day
24 hours of video uploaded every minute
The average person spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube
More video is uploaded to YouTube in 60 days than all 3 major US networks created in 60 years
Available in 24 languages
70% of traffic comes from outside the U.S.
These numbers would be mind blowing for a company celebrating its 50th anniversary let alone its 5th anniversary! Seldom does a piece of technology come to fruition that has such a global impact. The ability to upload and share video across the world for free has changed the way we go about our everyday lives. That’s innovation at its finest.
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