As you may already know, YouTube is the biggest website on the whole Internet. YouTube has more than 100 million active users. There’s everything from hackers to kids on YouTube. They all do different stuff, but they’re still using the same service – YouTube. If every single one uses YouTube at the same time to upload, download and share video clips – what do you think will happen? Just imagine that your servers get 100 million requests at the same time. What would happen? You do not have to visit YouTube in order to see the results.
It doesn’t matter what browser you’re a big fan of. No matter how fast, good and reliable your browser is – YouTube could choke right in front of your eyes. If the video doesn’t pause when you click play, it may load very slowly. Why? Well, 100 million people are using it at the same time. But that’s not all, there’s more to it… I will therefore list some ways to why YouTube may freeze sometimes.
- Thousands, if not millions, of videos are uploaded at the same time: If you’re planning on uploading a video to YouTube – think again. The loading times will take forever. Why? Well, as I earlier mentioned – thousands of videos are being uploaded at the same time. If your video was the only one to get uploaded to YouTube – you’d have it uploaded in no-time, but since YouTube has so many users – it may take some time. Even though it may take a few minutes to upload the video – it gets uploaded!
- Some heavy programs are running on your computer while connected: If you have heavy applications or games running while trying to watch a YouTube video – it may not load as good as you want it to load. That’s because your computer becomes slow if you’re running a lot of programs at the same time. Next time you visit YouTube, try closing down all applications running on your computer. I’m sure that’d do it!
- Audio and Video files take up far more space than a regular file does: If you have a small hard drive, you should expect the video to load slow. Audio and Video files take up a lot more space than a regular file on your computer does. Make sure you have a big hard-drive before paying YouTube a visit!
This was part 1 of my series of articles about why YouTube freezes sometimes. Scroll down a bit to see the link to the next page.
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