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More than half of U.S. smartphone owners use YouTube app

YouTube owner Google reports (via Bloomberg) that more than half of all U.S. smartphone owners have used the YouTube app, and that a quarter of traffic comes from phones and tablets.

Google tripled its ad sales on mobile devices in the last six months, reaching an estimated $350m a year – around 2.5% of Google’s income.

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