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YouTube has been streaming video since before some of our younger readers were born. Since its launch in 2005, it's become mind-bogglingly popular. It also comes pre-loaded on every Android phone with access to Google Play, which has led to a significant milestone in the app's history: YouTube has now seen more than five billion installations on Android.

Last year, Google Play services was the first Android app to hit five billion downloads.

YouTube hits 5 billion installs on the Play Store was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

YouTube has been streaming video since before some of our younger readers were born. Since its launch in 2005, it's become mind-bogglingly popular. It also comes pre-loaded on every Android phone with access to Google Play, which has led to a significant milestone in the app's history: YouTube has now seen more than five billion installations on Android.

Last year, Google Play services was the first Android app to hit five billion downloads.

YouTube hits 5 billion installs on the Play Store was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Five billion is a big number. If you combine the populations of the top 10 most-populated countries on Earth, you get less than that number. The best-selling game console of all time, the PlayStation 2, only sold enough units to cover 3.2% of five billion. Google Play Services has now passed five billion downloads on the Play Store, becoming the first app to do so.

If you're not familiar with how the Play Store works, it's important to note that Play Services hasn't actually been manually downloaded that many times.

Google Play Services passes five billion downloads, becomes first app to do so was written by the awesome team at Android Police.