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 September 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/?utm_campaign=clicks-september2021&utm_content=dtc-strategy-2021&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=twitter.com
Pex, und Rain News. "Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes)." Chart. June 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed September 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/?utm_campaign=clicks-september2021&utm_content=dtc-strategy-2021&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=twitter.com
Pex, Rain News. (2019). Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/?utm_campaign=clicks-september2021&utm_content=dtc-strategy-2021&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=twitter.com
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/?utm_campaign=clicks-september2021&utm_content=dtc-strategy-2021&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=twitter.com
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/?utm_campaign=clicks-september2021&utm_content=dtc-strategy-2021&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=twitter.com (last visited September 21, 2024)
Average YouTube video length as of December 2018, by category (in minutes) [Graph], Pex, & Rain News, June 10, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026923/youtube-video-category-average-length/?utm_campaign=clicks-september2021&utm_content=dtc-strategy-2021&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=twitter.com