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It’s a technological marvel that YouTube can handle so many users watching so many videos simultaneously. But consider the other side for a moment: Every minute of the day, users upload an average of 72 hours of footage to the site. YouTube engineers tell us how they deal with so much data without getting bogged down—or creating an unwieldy, unsearchable site.