10 Things You Didn't Know About Google

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For over a decade, Google has played a pretty significant role in much of our online activity. Whether we search for something on Google.com, check Gmail, watch a YouTube video, use Chrome to browse, check directions on Google Maps, use an Android device, etc, etc, we are adding to some unbelievable user numbers for Google.

You might know that I regularly curate a few Google stat posts over on my other site, DMR, below are 10 of my favorite Google stats. For hundreds more Google stats, be sure to check out the following posts:

• Google Company and Search Statistics
• Gmail Statistics
• Google Advertising Statistics
• Google Chrome & App Statistics
• Android Statistics
• Google+ Statistics
• YouTube Statistics
• Chromecast Statistics

10 Amazing Google Stats and Facts

The Google.com domain was registered on September 15, 1997.

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Google sees over 100 billion searches monthly.

Last updated 10/12/15

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 40% of global web traffic dipped when Google suffered a 5 minute outage.

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"How to eat healthy" is the top health-related Google search term globally.

Last updated 7/24/15

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Utah is the U.S. State that uses Google the most.

Last updated 1/8/14

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Google Chrome has 1 billion active users.

Last updated 5/28/15

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Gmail has 900 million users.

Last updated 5/28/15

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YouTube has 1 billion users.

Last updated 4/21/14

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DisneyCollectorBR is the top earning YouTube channel (based on subscribers and views).

Last updated 1/2/15

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38.4% of YouTube video views that are music videos.

Last updated 8/28/14

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Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from YouTube/Google’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.