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That maths only adds up if they're uploading a live stream, but, correct me if I'm wrong, the majority of YouTube uploads aren't that. So if they had exactly 36
by corin_ 16y ago
That maths only adds up if they're uploading a live stream, but, correct me if I'm wrong, the majority of YouTube uploads aren't that. So if they had exactly 365 people uploading videos for exactly 24 hours, it could be much more or much less than one year of video, depending on how fast their connection allowed them to upload.
- nbpoole 16y agoThat's the point. emmett said they would need an average of 365 people uploading at all times. You two are saying the exact same thing ;-)
- corin_ 16y agoBut it wouldn't, on YouTube the average number of people uploading doesn't matter. One person, if his upload speed was fast enough, could upload a year of video in one hour, theoretically.
- emmett 16y agoYes, that's true. So YouTube probably has far fewer than 2k people uploading at any given time, since most people can upload faster than realtime (though some are probably slower than realtime). Doesn't really change my point though.
- corin_ 16y agoYep, wasn't disagreeing with your point, just wanted to fix the maths :)