The Internet is changing lives across the globe. Surfing on the net has become the most important element in the lives of millions of people. If you have missed out a Football match or an episode of American Idol, you just hop on to the Internet and find it in seconds. This has been made possible due to the presence of websites like YouTube on the Internet.

YouTube, managed and owned by Google, has turned out to be a revelation of sorts. As a free video hosting platform, YouTube has influenced the lives of people like never before. The first video of YouTube (embedded below) was just a normal video and the primary use of this website was for entertainment purpose only.

However, over the years it's usage and applications have grown in stature. We find Great Britain's Prime Minister using YouTube as a medium for addressing the nation. In India, a cricket crazy country, YouTube broadcasts cricket matches. These and many more applications have made YouTube a viral phenomenon.

Here are 'Seven Amazing Facts about YouTube' as an ode to celebrate the 5th anniversary of YouTube.

YouTube gets more than 2 billion visits per day with the front page accounting for 45 million hits every day.

It would take 1700 years to watch each and every video of YouTube

70% of YouTube traffic comes from clicks beyond the United States border.

It has been translated into 24 languages using Google's translator algorithm. It gives localized service in 23 countries and caters to 200+ countries in all.

An average user spends 15 minutes daily on YouTube. Given the fact that many users create an account and never use it, this is an astonishing fact.

Lady Gaga's video (embedded below) is the most watched YouTube video of all times. It had more than 211,669,187 views at the time I was penning down this article.

Today YouTube.com is one of the fastest growing websites in the world and is also ranked 10th overall in the popularity of websites.

100 million video clips are seen on YouTube in a day and almost 65000 new videos are added to YouTube daily. So, according to experts YouTube.com is not only as a website but it is a Phenomenon.

It all started as a small experiment; however, when Google bought YouTube, everything changed! It has been transformed into a phenomenon via some incisive thinking by Google. Take a look at the making of YouTube.

In a contradiction to the title, I have placed 8 facts instead of 7 in the article. In fact, there many more. Feel free to post your experiences and facts with respect to YouTube under the comments section.

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