YouTube users upload two days of video per minute

YouTube is celebrating its sixth birthday this month and has released some statistics in honor of the event that cement what we already know — people are really into online video. According to spokesman Jacques Hebert, users are now uploading about 48 hours — yep, two days — of video to the site every minute. That’s a 100 percent year- over-year increase, he said. YouTube attributes this bump to more live streaming events (such as the royal wedding), longer upload times and faster upload processing times. According to YouTube’s stats, global daily views have now exceeded 3 billion, a 50 percent increase from last year.