youtube has increased video limit to 15 minutes

Youtube has announced that they are giving in to their millions of users most popular request: to increase video upload limit. From 10 minutes, the limit is now up to 15 minutes.

According to Big Pond News:

Joshua Siegel, a YouTube product manager, said in a blog post that increasing the time limit had been the 'number one requested feature' by contributors to the wildly popular video-sharing site.

'We've heard you, and today we're pleased to announce that we've increased the upload limit to 15 minutes,' he said.

Siegel said 'ongoing technological efforts' had made it possible to increase the upload length.