How do services like YouTube simulatenously stream to thousands of users?

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Say a popular creator uploads a 10 minute video. Once it’s uploaded a thousand users play the video simultaneously. Is the video copied to multiple drives? Or can servers stream a single file to multiple users?

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It’s also worth considering that there isn’t a single version of a video. A service like YouTube or Netflix will create dozens of videos with different codecs and bit rates meaning that someone using a smart tv will watch a different version of the video to someone on a smart phone.

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