California: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday revealed that more than 1.7 billion people around the world watched FIFA World Cup-related videos on YouTube during the tournament, making it the platform's most-viewed World Cup ever.
Sharing the milestone in a post on X, Pichai said the tournament generated unprecedented engagement on YouTube and pushed the lifetime views of World Cup-related content beyond 200 billion.
"The numbers are in: 1.7B+ global viewers tuned in to @YouTube to watch World Cup-related videos during the tournament. It was our most viewed World Cup ever on YouTube, bringing lifetime views of related content to over 200B!" Pichai wrote.
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