72 Million live streams of The Royal Wedding on YouTube

The figures are in for how many people around the world watched The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on YouTube. There were 72 million live streams and 101 million total stream views for the day, including re-broadcasts and that's just the The Royal Channel on YouTube .

During the 10 seconds around the balcony kiss, The Royal Channel on YouTube experienced an additional 100,000 requests.

Live streams were highest in the UK and the US, but looks like love was in the air across the channel as well. The top 5 countries viewing the live event online were:

1. United Kingdom
2. United States
3. Italy
4. Germany
5. France