Verified Confidence: medium
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
Safe rephrasing
YouTube's CEO said in February 2025 that viewers watch over 1 billion hours of YouTube on TVs daily, on average.
What the source says
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.
YouTube — From the YouTube CEO: Our big bets for 2025 (Feb. 11, 2025)
- Commonly cited as
- "A billion hours of YouTube on TV daily"
- True origin
- YouTube — From the YouTube CEO: Our big bets for 2025 (Feb. 11, 2025)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- February 2025
- Last checked
- Method & sample
- YouTube internal data cited by its CEO.
- Drift between quote and source
- Global daily average on TV screens, self-reported
- Interest
- YouTube selling TV-screen ad inventory.