{"id":23185,"date":"2022-07-19T07:43:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=23185"},"modified":"2022-07-19T07:43:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:43:31","slug":"the-longest-video-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-longest-video-on-youtube","title":{"rendered":"The Longest Video on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e4c57f81a9c\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e4c57f81a9c\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e4c57f81a9c\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-longest-video-on-youtube\/#The_Longest_Video_on_YouTube\" title=\"The Longest Video on YouTube\">The Longest Video on YouTube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-longest-video-on-youtube\/#Jonathan_Harchicks_video\" title=\"Jonathan Harchick&#8217;s video\">Jonathan Harchick&#8217;s video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-longest-video-on-youtube\/#Reazon_Zeans_video\" title=\"Reazon Zean&#8217;s video\">Reazon Zean&#8217;s video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-longest-video-on-youtube\/#Moldy_Toaster_Medias_video\" title=\"Moldy Toaster Media&#8217;s video\">Moldy Toaster Media&#8217;s video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-longest-video-on-youtube\/#YouTubes_upload_limits\" title=\"YouTube&#8217;s upload limits\">YouTube&#8217;s upload limits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-longest-video-on-youtube\/#Titin\" title=\"Titin\">Titin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Longest_Video_on_YouTube\"><\/span>The Longest Video on YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Jonathan Harchick holds the record for the longest video on YouTube, and it&#8217;s 596.5 hours long. His video shows a two-tone color pattern changing places. It&#8217;s long enough to last for 24 days! Whether you&#8217;re looking for an epic video to share with friends or simply curious about YouTube&#8217;s upload limits, read on! Here are some tips to beat the limits. But first, make sure you have an account!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jonathan_Harchicks_video\"><\/span>Jonathan Harchick&#8217;s video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Pittsburgh iPhone app developer named Jonathan Harchick has created the world&#8217;s longest video on YouTube. At 571 hours and twenty minutes, his video is the longest online video to date. Though the video&#8217;s length might discourage people, it does show the power of compression. Although it is not particularly interesting, viewers are likely to view the video in bits. If it was a shorter video, the world record would be held by Reazon Zean&#8217;s video.<\/p>\n<p>The long video is not very useful since the human attention span is only about 20 minutes, which makes it difficult to maintain attention for an extended period. YouTube imposed the limit to help users manage their resources. The video length can be reduced by splitting the video into parts and cross-linking them. Although it&#8217;s not the most useful video, it&#8217;s still more than a few hours long.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reazon_Zeans_video\"><\/span>Reazon Zean&#8217;s video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2011, YouTube removed a time restriction on videos. In July 2011, Jonathan Harchick uploaded a video that was 571 hours long. The video was actually a 23-day slide show of photos taken in Chile. However, the uploader compressed the video to fit YouTube&#8217;s 20 gigabyte upload limit. In December 2011, Jonathan Harchick uploaded a new, longer video, which is now officially the longest video on YouTube at 596.5 hours. IMDB claims the video holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest video on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>However, this record is still far from broken. There are still many videos available online that are longer than 200 hours. The latest longest video on YouTube was uploaded by Mac Paverick on 10 August 2020. The video is so long that it will take 8 days to watch it. It has almost the same length as the longest video on YouTube. Until YouTube implemented its new restrictions, people continued to upload videos longer than 200 hours.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Moldy_Toaster_Medias_video\"><\/span>Moldy Toaster Media&#8217;s video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The world&#8217;s longest video has just reached 24 hours and 20 minutes, thanks to a new record set by Jonathan Harchick, a member of the Moldy Toaster Media YouTube channel. The video, uploaded on December 11, 2011, is the equivalent of 24 days, 20 hours, 31 minutes and 26 seconds. The video, which has been viewed more than 12 million times, was designed to break the record, but YouTube&#8217;s upload limit of 20GB has been imposed.<\/p>\n<p>A 24-day-long video can quickly lose its spark after twelve million views. The public will be interested in seeing the longest video on YouTube. However, advertisers will likely be wary of wasting their time on the longest video. So what should advertisers be aware of before spending their money on a long-running video on YouTube? Here are some tips to help you reach the record-breaking video!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTubes_upload_limits\"><\/span>YouTube&#8217;s upload limits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably been wondering how to get past YouTube&#8217;s upload limits for longest videos. The first step is to make sure that your account is verified. Once verified, you can upload videos up to 256 gigabytes in size. If you want to upload videos longer than 12 hours, you&#8217;ll need to upload them as a 256-gigabyte file. However, if you do plan to upload videos longer than 12 hours, you can also request an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube has increased its upload limits for longest videos. Previously, you could only upload videos up to five minutes long. This restriction has been gradually lifted over the past few years. As of today, you can upload videos up to 12 hours or 128 gigabytes. But before you can upload longer videos, you have to verify your Google account. To make sure that your account is verified, you can check the Accounts Feature page.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Titin\"><\/span>Titin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock for the last year, you&#8217;ve probably heard of the giant protein known as Titin. Its full chemical name, titin, is 189,819 letters long. Using this length as a guide, you&#8217;d take more than three hours to pronounce it! And that&#8217;s not even counting the extra letters that come with it! The full chemical name of a single molecule of DNA could end up being more than one billion letters long!<\/p>\n<p>Although Titin is the largest protein discovered to date, the full name of this protein, or &#8220;connectin&#8221;, is 189,819 letters long. It&#8217;s so long, in fact, that the chemical name doesn&#8217;t even appear in any dictionary! That&#8217;s because few lexicographers accept chemical formulae as words. Besides, people who Google the &#8220;longest word in the English language&#8221; aren&#8217;t interested in whether it&#8217;s actually a real word, they&#8217;re just interested in knowing it.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe width=\"537\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ra1RkRSYJI\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Longest Video on YouTube Jonathan Harchick holds the record for the longest video on YouTube, and it&#8217;s 596.5 hours long. His video shows a two-tone color pattern changing places. It&#8217;s long enough to last for 24 days! 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