This Month in YouTube: October 2009

Lest you missed the some of the key happenings on YouTube last month:

1. One billion served
YouTube Co-Founder and CEO Chad Hurley wrote this state of the union post on the third anniversary of YouTube's acquisition by Google and reveals that YouTube streams over 1 billion video views per day.

2. Real-time comment search
This feature, being tested now in our incubator, allows you to find out what people are saying on YouTube about any topic in real time. The videos associated with each comment are also listed. More details here.

3. Millions tune in for U2 live at the Rose Bowl
It was the event the Internet was buzzing about. The concert (#u2webcast) trended on Twitter as people connected over the shared viewing experience. Even guitarist the Edge tweeted a photo from the stage. If you missed it, you can watch the full performance on U2's official YouTube channel.

4. Miley Cyrus Twitter rap
Miley Cyrus penned a playful rap and posted it to YouTube as a way of declaring that she's out...of Twitter. Over five million people have checked it out.

5. Don't take the escalator -- make music!
The most viewed video of the month was "Piano Stairs," about a staircase in a Stockholm subway that was retrofitted to look like piano keys and makes real sound. The video, which looks like it's part of a Volkswagen campaign, proves that if you make something fun you can change people's behavior. Nearly seven million people watched it on YouTube:



Posted by Mia Quagliarello, Community Manager