Mobile uploads to YouTube increase exponentially

In the last six months, uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have jumped 1,700%; just since last Friday, when the iPhone 3GS came out, uploads have increased by 400%.

This growth represents three things coming together: new video-enabled phones on the market, improvements that make it easier to post a video to YouTube from your phone, and a new feature on YouTube that allows people’s videos to be quickly and effortlessly shared through social networks. It takes just a minute to connect a YouTube account to Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader accounts. People can complete a simple, one-time connection on the upload page to allow all their friends and followers to get a real-time stream of their uploads to YouTube, which can be essential in this age of citizen reporting and ubiquitous sharing.

Already, YouTube users are teaching each other how to use this technology, are doing product reviews and comparisons, and they are even making test videos… lots and lots of them. In fact, look at them closely - where they're shot, who's in them - and they stitch together a great patchwork of, well, life, from the little moments to the big ones:

At grandma's house
youtube.com/watch?v=B9i8Z8HLpfw

At a baseball game
youtube.com/watch?v=7YTcpwpGhVg

In a Cambodian liquor store
youtube.com/watch?v=LQ0TU-eFfB8

Observing carnivorous plants
youtube.com/watch?v=tSr2Vo0OH4Q

Drumming
youtube.com/watch?v=HfmpC7evD8E

Swinging kids
youtube.com/watch?v=hBcKjoorjCc

On a roadtrip
youtube.com/watch?v=u-SNA6awMjA

At a wedding
youtube.com/watch?v=5SEbKE3SG8A

Capturing a wistful, rainy day
youtube.com/watch?v=DNZWZ9NYyis

"Live" from the Apple Store
youtube.com/watch?v=H-JctOfGKbQ

Squashing a can
youtube.com/watch?v=K3J-0ttr1p8

Pulling a giant stump out of the backyard
youtube.com/watch?v=PHB5M9-yDac

Poolside, complete with a drop in the water (it keeps working)
youtube.com/watch?v=_qbWjaW25mQ

More information about creating YouTube videos on your phone is available at youtube.com