YouTube is one of the most powerful streaming media platforms and has over a billion videos for users to watch. And possibly there is everything you can think of in those videos. From different categories to duration of time or lengths. And it seems people aren’t shying away from pushing the boundaries on the mega-platform.
If you’re wondering what the longest YouTube video is and want to dig into its details, you’ve come to the right place. Because we are going to talk about it with all the details that we have in this article. So fasten your seat belts and get ready for the ride! Let’s jump in and get started!
About YouTube and its current situation
It would be surprising if someone didn’t know what YouTube is, especially nowadays. The mega social media and video sharing platform continues to emerge higher on the charts as it rolls out new updates and features.
Since you can be a content creator yourself, you can post videos in the form of clips and images on YouTube now. Since YouTube raised the time limit, there aren’t many who are missing out on this golden opportunity by setting new records and breaking old ones.
And one of them may be to create the longest YouTube video. Sounds like fun, right? So let’s dive into the details and talk about who is the genius behind breaking records and currently holds the title for having the longest video on YouTube.
Jonathan Harchick
Known for creating the world’s longest video as of 2017, Jonathan Harchick is an American author, producer, and YouTube personality. He is also known for counting to 100,000 while filming himself.
If we talk about his early life, Jonathan Allen Harchick was an important part of many business ventures from a young age. He specialized in video production and graphic design and was also involved in projects that took place on campus.
Before becoming popular by breaking the old records for the longest video on Youtube, Jonathan developed apps for iOS, produced some documentaries, and created graphic animations that even appeared on TV. Now that you have an idea of Jonathan’s background, let’s talk about his channel “MoldytoasterMedia”, his original YouTube channel that he also used to upload the longest YouTube video.
Longest video on YouTube
Jonathan Harchick still holds the record for the longest video for years, and no one seems to be planning to break it. Although the official video has now been made private for unknown reasons, a channel called “Mac Paverick” still has a video with a 100 hour timer.
The world’s longest video by Jonathan Harchick will take a user 596 hours to watch without speeding up or skipping. So who has a good amount of free time to watch the video? More like wasting it.
Basically, the longest video in the world consists of a slideshow of some blurry and out of focus images from the time when Jonathan took a trip to Chile that lasted 23 days and 19 hours, that is, 571 hours.
Jonathan Harchick’s longer video link is unavailable as the original video which was posted by Jonathan’s channel “MoldytoasterMedia” is now private or unavailable, you can view the longer video currently available below.
Jonathan said the challenge for him was compression, as YouTube only allowed 20 GB back then. He also explained that the reason the images looked blurry was due to the compression itself. He said: “We have a 15 by 15 pixel blend and that’s what makes it out of focus.”
He clearly challenged others to beat his record and break it, yet he clearly challenges him too.
Maximum time limit for a YouTube video
After Google, YouTube is the second most visited platform/site as many people consume more than a billion hours of content (more than Facebook and Netflix combined) each day.
So, if you are wondering what is the ideal length of a YouTube video, we will tell you. YouTube has changed its video length limits several times in the past few years. And starting in 2023, videos up to 15 minutes long can be posted. However, if you have an unverified account, this will not be the case for you. Those with confirmed accounts can post videos longer than 15 minutes in length and the maximum upload size should be 256 GB or 12 hours.
Most viewed videos of all time on YouTube
We are going to list the 10 most viewed videos on YouTube as of 2023 below, along with the number of views they currently have.
In January 2022, ‘Baby Shark Dance’ became the first video to achieve 10 billion views and has over 11 billion views as of this writing. And in tenth position is ‘Gangman Style’ by Psy.
Current status of the longest video on YouTube 2023
As of now, there appears to be no sign of Jonathan Harchicik’s YouTube channel “MoldytoasterMedia” which he used to upload the original video for the longest video ever seen on YouTube. And even if he somehow manages to reach the channel, he shows the video as unavailable or private for different devices.
So although the longest video on YouTube has been made private, as of now, the “Mac Paverick” channel uploaded a video called “100-Hour Timer Countdown – 100 Hrs Video – 100h Video Countdown – 100 Stunden Timer”. The video is basically a 100 hour timer viewed by thousands of people with an active comment section. At the time of writing, the video has 14,879,365 views.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
