Google partnered with Akamai for YouTube Live Event

YouTube had roughly 700,000 concurrent viewers during first YouTube live stream event, which featured people like Will.I.Am and Katy Perry. These stats aren’t precise, but based on public Akamai before/ after numbers during the time. Mogulus reports that Google partnered with content delivery network Akamai to support all the users. (Note Mogulus is a competitor in the space of content delivery/ streaming help.)

Source:→ Google Blogoscoped