Which YouTube Networks Have the Most Viewers?

While YouTube is not the best of business models yet, one day, it will "make everybody embarrassingly rich."

Bloomberg Businessweek has a look at the business of YouTube networks these days and the Hollywood-ification of the platform. Some key stats from the piece:

  • 1 billion viewers a month
  • 6 billion hours of video consumed a month
  • 100+ hours of video uploaded every minute
  • $3.4 billion (projected) in advertising revenue this year
  • $1.7 billion to be acquired by Google in 2006

The article tracks the rise of multi-channel networks on YouTube, where traditional media companies have been investing heavily.

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