According to Samsung 's latest report: FB v GOOG: Who’s really winning in digital video? , Facebook is still nowhere near as big as YouTube . That’s based on data captured by SimilarWeb, relying on a panel of over 100 million monitored devices. In terms of viewing hours , both in-app and on the Web, YouTube is currently 4 billion times bigger that Facebook. However, Facebook 's push into digital video has been impressive, in half a year Facebook has gone from almost nothing to now having more than 11 daily views. The report predicts that the battle for digital video will get interesting when Facebook releases its Gear VR early next year at $ 99 .
According to Samsung 's latest report: FB v GOOG: Who’s really winning in digital video?, Facebook is still nowhere near as big as YouTube . In terms of viewing hours , both in-app and on the Web, YouTube is currently 4 billion times bigger that Facebook. However, Facebook 's push into digital video has been impressive, in half a year Facebook has gone from almost nothing to now having more than 11 daily views. The report predicts that the battle for digital video will get interesting when Facebook releases its Gear VR early next year at $ 99 .