About 10 years ago, the first video was posted to YouTube. It was a simple little thing titled “Me at the Zoo,” but it since has been viewed 19 million times.

YouTube wasn’t intended to be a destination unto itself. It was designed to make it easier for bloggers to upload videos and post them to their own blogs. As we all know, YouTube has become one of the biggest online destinations in the world, populated with everything from music videos and clips from Jimmy Kimmel to home-improvement tutorials and, of course, cat videos.

Some staggering numbers for your digestion: YouTube now has 1 billion users, who view 4 billion videos every day. About 6 billion hours worth of videos are watched every month, and another 300 hours worth of content are uploaded every minute. (Time, Expanded Ramblings)