Hyderabad: YouTube celebrated ‘Telugu Day’ in Hyderabad to mark the increase in Telugu language content on the over the top (OTT) service. Its ‘diamond button’ was awarded to Volga Videos which has uploaded more than 1,000 Telugu videos. India has the world’s second largest internet user base with more than 460 million users, and 95 per cent online consumption is in the vernacular languages. India’s is YouTube’s fastest growing audience.
There are more than 1,200 creators in India who have crossed the million-subscription mark. Mr Srikenth who started ‘Technology Review of Mobile Phones’ and unboxing of mobiles, said he is just 30,000 short of the mark.
Among others, Niharika Konidala, niece of Tolywood actor Chiranjivi, is running a 100-episode web-series on YouTube. Mr Adatya Gupta of Adatya Movies and Aditya Music, said he had connected with YouTube eight years ago.
