More than 1bn visit YouTube every month

YouTube says more than 1bn people are now visiting it each month to watch everything from clips of cute kittens to scenes of social unrest around the world.

“If YouTube were a country, we’d be the third largest in the world after China and India,” the video-sharing giant, owned by Google, said in a blog post.

“PSY and Madonna would have to repeat their Madison Square Garden performance in front of a packed house 200,000 more times.