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Will YouTube Ever Run Out Of Video IDs?

Published March 21, 2016

Views 10.0M  |  Likes 452K  |  Comments 15.2K
Views#218,995Global
Views#59,189Unknown country

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Tom ScottTom Scott
6.74M subs753 videosMay 2006

At a glance

Views

10,049,077

Likes

452,325

Comments

15,212

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Total (all-time): $7.03K – $20.0K

Based on estimated $0.7–$2 CPM.

About

In the URL of each YouTube video is the 11-character video ID, unique for each video. Can they ever run out? Just how many videos can YouTube handle? To work it out, we need to talk about counting systems, and about something called Base 64. Want to know how the single camera shot was done? "Matt Bought a DJI Osmo and…

Published
March 21, 2016
Made for kids
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