YouTube now has over 1.8 billion users every month, within spitting distance of Facebook's 2 billion
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Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg is YouTube's most popular producer, with over
YouTube is even bigger than Gmail, and nearly as big as Facebook, with over 1.8 billion monthly logged-in users.
But let's not kid ourselves: Most of the 1.8 billion people watching YouTube are watching for YouTube stars like Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg. His channel alone has over 62 million subscribers.
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Musician/singer Justin Bieber got famous from YouTube, and his channel still tops YouTube's most subscribed charts.
The top channels list on YouTube is dominated by popular YouTube producers like PewDiePie, and musicians like Justin Bieber. All of which is to say one thing: Though YouTube's pushing hard into scripted content, it's unlikely that said content is driving much of the huge user numbers YouTube is seeing.
Either way, the video streaming service is absolutely dominant - there's no real comparison to YouTube in terms of competition. And now, with over 1.8 billion logged in users, it's harder than ever for another company to catch up.Get the latest Google stock price here.Copyright © 2021. Times Internet Limited. All rights reserved.For reprint rights. Times Syndication Service.
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