Canada has a crush on YouTube. Even though it is an American company, Canada is the largest consumer of YouTube. This is with regards to the percentage of the overall population of the country that uses the site. During January 2009, 88% of Canadians viewed a video online, and viewed a total of almost 3.1 billion online videos. And half of those were on YouTube. This data is from a ComScore study done in January of this year found that the top 5 countries that consume online videos as a percentage of the overall population is as follows:
- Canada 88%
- UK 81%
- Germany 79%
- France 78%
- USA 77%
Canada also has one of the highest broadband internet adoption rates in the world. Canada has a 72.3% adoption rate, which is very close to the United States (74.7 %) and is higher than the United Kingdom (71.8 %). So what does this say about Canada? It says that Canadians love technology, and love to consume vast amounts of digital content. That Canadians eagerly adopt new technologies and are always looking for the newest internet phenomenon. All this data is just more proof that Canada loves YouTube.
