In a keynote address in 2015's VidCon, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said more than half of YouTube's watch time happens on mobile devices, reports MarketingLand.com. The report also has some statistics Wojcicki gave out about YouTube's performance: - More than half of YouTube's views come from mobile - People watching YouTube per day is up 40% since last year. Wojcicki compared the period from March 2014 to March 2015. - More than 400 hours of content is now being uploaded every minute on the platform. - Users who visit YouTube's home page is up three times over last year. Wojcicki likened coming to the home page to switching on a television. - YouTube watch time is now up over 60% year over year, the fastest growth rate seen in two years. - Watch time grew by over 60% year on year, the fastest growth rate in the past 2 years - The number of advertisers running video ads is up more than 40% over last year. - YouTube partner revenue is up 50% compared to last year. - The top 100 channels in Google Preferred saw an over 70% increase in revenue over last year versus regular partners, which had a 50% rise. YouTube mobile app redesigned Wojicicki also announced that YouTube has redesigned its mobile application and now has three new tabs on top: home, subscriptions and account. Home will display videos for general browsing based on the users interests and general trending topics. Subscriptions will show content from channels users have subscribed to and Account helps them in keeping…
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