That's 13m hours of video content on those hard working servers in 2010.
YouTube users have uploaded 850,000 minutes of video and watched 1.9 billion videos per day in the past year.
Owner Google has also disclosed that it has around 15,000 partners creating millions of minutes of content, and that it is now giving some of them funds to create more original content.
500 will receive $1,000 credits at B&H Photo in order to help them buy kit to make better videos.
They include Mystery Guitar Man, Shay Carl and Kina Grannis.
This reflects the belief that YouTube wants to move towards premium professional content more than user-based gimmicky stuff.
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Tom Pickett, YouTube’s director of content operations and online creators, said: “We’re privileged to work with the most passionate and talented partners in the world, who produce and upload videos that inspire us, make us laugh and move us — and, most importantly, change the way we look at the world."
