As if it matters to us, YouTube is spending billions on bandwidth. Of course, if you are planning a video site that serves up 9 billion video views, you should know that it will cost about $25 million per month:
“Even with the benefit of peering, we estimate that YouTube’s total bandwidth costs in 2009 will be close to $300 million, or within 17% of our original projection,” they wrote.
According to Wang and Sena, that means YouTube still would not be profitable this year, given their original 2009 revenue estimate of $240 million (a top-line increase of about 20% year over year).
YouTube is far and away the Internet’s biggest video outlet. In July, YouTube and other Google video sites registered a record 8.9 billion video views, accounting for 42% of all videos viewed online, according to research firm comScore.
YouTube’s Bandwidth Bill Estimated At $300M For 2009 – 2009-09-09 07:05:12 EDT | Multichannel News
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