This statistic presents the average length of YouTube videos as of December 2018, sorted by category. According to the report, the average video length is at 11.7 minutes. Music content generally had the shortest video length among all categories on the platform, with an average length of 6.8 minutes per video.
Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes)
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Pex, & Rain News. (June 10, 2019). Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/
Pex, und Rain News. "Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes)." Chart. June 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/
Pex, Rain News. (2019). Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/
Pex, and Rain News. "Average Youtube Video Length as of December 2018, by Category (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/
Pex & Rain News, Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/ (last visited June 30, 2022)