A video on YouTube gets 50% of its views in the first 6 days it is on the site, according to data from analytics firm TubeMogul. After 20 days, a YouTube video has had 75% of its total views.
That's a really short life span for YouTube videos, and it's probably getting shorter. In 2008, it took 14 days for a video to get 50% of its views and 44 days to get 75% of its views.
Why? In the last two years, YouTube has improved its user interface,
which helps videos get seen early on. Also, the world has gotten more
adept at embedding and sharing videos in real-time via Twitter and
Facebook. (And there's probably more video to choose from.)
To read the full, original article click on this link: CHART OF THE DAY: The Half-Life Of A YouTube Video Is 6 Days
Author: Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova
