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  "claim": "Viewers watch over 1 billion hours of YouTube on TVs every day",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"A billion hours of YouTube on TV daily\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube",
    "title": "From the YouTube CEO: Our big bets for 2025 (Feb. 11, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
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  "quote": "Viewers are watching, on average, over 1B hours of YouTube content on TVs daily, and TV is now the primary device for YouTube viewing in the U.S.",
  "method": "YouTube internal data cited by its CEO.",
  "drift": [
    "Global daily average on TV screens, self-reported"
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  "interest": "YouTube selling TV-screen ad inventory.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube's CEO said in February 2025 that viewers watch over 1 billion hours of YouTube on TVs daily, on average.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Blog — Our big bets for 2025",
      "url": "https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/our-big-bets-for-2025/",
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    }
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  "as_of": "February 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
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  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
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