YouTube Reaches 2 Billion Viewers A Month

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that YouTube crossed into 2 billion logged-in viewers every month, a milestone that has been just out of reach for at least a year. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in February YouTube was almost at 2 billion monthly logged-in users after the company said it reached 1.8 billion monthly logged-in viewers a year ago. Viewers spend 250 million hours watching YouTube on TV screens every day up from 180 million hours in the middle of last year. These announcements were made on Thursday at a presentation to advertisers in New York called Brandcast.
 
YouTube has grappled with balancing brand safety expected by its advertisers versus the presumption of freedom of speech and creative license held by YouTube’s uploaders. YouTube has also faced ongoing scrutiny that it fails to adequately rein in misinformation and shocking v

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