One in seven adult internet users (14%) has uploaded a video to the internet so others can watch it or download it.  That is almost double the 8% of adult internet users who were uploading video in 2007.  One in five adults who watch video online (21%) also post video online. 

Video uploading is more common among internet users under age 50 than is it among older internet users.  Roughly one in five internet users age 18-49 (18%) have uploaded a video online, while the same is true of just 10% of internet users age 50 and older.  While 2007 data also showed that young internet users were most likely to upload video, the activity was concentrated among 18-29 year-olds.  Today, 30-49 year-olds are just as likely as the youngest adults to upload video.

As is the case with video watching, home broadband access is a key driver of video uploading. Overall, 16% of broadband users upload video. Among internet users who upload video, 91% have broadband at home. Education also has a notable impact on an internet user’s tendency to upload video; internet users with at least some college education are more likely to upload video than are those with less education (17% v. 11%).   

In 2007 Pew Internet found that men were twice as likely as women to post video online.  Today, that disparity no longer exists; male and female internet users are equally likely to upload video.