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YouTube Watch Time Calculator

Calculate the total watch time of any YouTube playlist, channel, or search results. Find out how many hours or days it would take to watch everything.

YouTube Library Stats

Mind-bending metrics about the world's largest video library. Click any card to learn more.

Display unit
Watch mode
Human Lifetimes
1.9Klifetimes
at 24/7 from birth
Added Today
556Khrs
uploaded to YouTube since midnight UTC
Feature Films
655Mfilms
equivalent 2-hour movies
People Needed
2Kpeople
watching 24/7, all in parallel
Right Now
8.3hrs/sec
of new content every real-world second
Universe Age %
0.0011%
of the age of the universe
Daily Growth
720Khrs
of new content every 24 hours
Falling Behind
30Khrs
of new content added per 1 hr of real time
Growth Gap Today
30Kdays
of content added per 1 calendar day
Even watching non-stop, 24/7 from the moment you're born, finishing all of YouTube would take 1.9K lifetimes. In the time you spend reading this sentence, another ~500 hours of new content appeared.

Playlist duration calculator

Accepts a full YouTube playlist URL or raw playlist ID (starts with PL).