Whilst the US version was released last month, mobile users in the UK, Europe and the Middle East are now able to access a HTML5 version of Google’s YouTube video site.

It is thought that this move will speed up access for those using the site via iPhones, Android devices or other mobile phones that are able to render HTML5 video content.

As mobile use of the web has grown rapidly over the past few months, it is no surprise that YouTube’s mobile site m.youtube.com has received more than 100 million video playbacks a day. Interestingly, this figure equates roughly to the number of daily views youtube.com was getting when it was acquired by Google in 2006.

Similarly, mobile video playback has grown by 160% in 2009 on the figures from 2008, alongside a rise in the manufacture of mobile devices that are able to stream video footage.

The UK consumes the most YouTube videos on mobile devices across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, closely followed by France, Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland.

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