This statistic shows the average number of days for songs to reach one billion view on YouTube from 2010 to 2017, sorted by year of release. Billion-views music videos released in 2017 only took 171 days to do so, while billion-views music videos released on 2011 took an average of 1,751 days.
Average number of days for songs to reach one billion view on YouTube from 2010 to 2017, by year of release
Year of release
Number of days
2017
171
2016
365
2015
290
2014
462
2013
784
2012
914
2011
1,751
2010
1,841
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Music Industry Blog, & MIDiA Research. (August 28, 2018). Average number of days for songs to reach one billion view on YouTube from 2010 to 2017, by year of release [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/811563/youtube-average-time-for-1-billion-music-video-views/
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Music Industry Blog, and MIDiA Research. "Average Number of Days for Songs to Reach One Billion View on Youtube from 2010 to 2017, by Year of Release." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/811563/youtube-average-time-for-1-billion-music-video-views/
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