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How many videos run each half minute of length

From 2.6 times as many YouTube videos end just after 8 minutes as just before · Data as of 5 Nov 2026

How many videos run each half minute of length

  • 6:00–6:29163,064
  • 6:30–6:59144,647
  • 7:00–7:29134,353
  • 7:30–7:59118,491
  • 8:00–8:29320,701
  • 8:30–8:59230,983
  • 9:00–9:29204,767
  • 9:30–9:59187,545
  • 10:00–10:29212,208
  • 10:30–10:59176,357
  • 11:00–11:29160,145
  • 11:30–11:59145,810
Videos uploaded in October 2026 by channels with 10K or more subscribers, sorted into half-minute length groups. Live streams and anything under a minute are left out. Each bar is one half minute of running time, and the longest bar sets the scale. The bars shrink steadily as videos get longer, except at 8:00–8:29 — the first group past eight minutes.

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2.6 times as many YouTube videos end just after 8 minutes as just before
YouTube allows ads in the middle of a video only if it runs longer than eight minutes. In 9.5 million uploads, lengths pile up just past that line.

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