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RESTON, VA, November 28, 2011 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore Video Metrix service showing that 184 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in October for an average of 21.1 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience viewed 42.6 billion videos, representing an all-time high.
Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers
Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property in October with 161 million unique viewers and reached a record high of 20.9 billion videos viewed. Facebook.com ranked second with 59.8 million viewers, followed by VEVO with 57 million, Microsoft Sites with 49.1 million and Viacom Digital with 48.2 million. More than 42 billion videos were viewed during the month, with the average viewer watching a record 21.1 hours. Google Sites demonstrated the highest engagement with 7.1 hours per viewer.
Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video ViewersOctober 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsContent Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included)Source: Comscore Video Metrix
Property
Total Unique Viewers (000)
Videos (000)*
Minutes per Viewer
Total Internet : Total Audience
184,449
42,593,095
1,267.7
Google Sites
160,959
20,933,113
424.2
Facebook.com
59,815
346,017
18.4
VEVO
56,998
827,008
66.0
Microsoft Sites
49,055
661,142
47.5
Viacom Digital
48,165
540,898
57.7
Yahoo! Sites
43,756
551,674
58.6
AOL, Inc.
43,571
410,903
53.4
NBC Universal
39,336
134,021
13.4
Hulu
29,221
791,370
202.2
Turner Digital
27,979
223,524
33.0
*A video is defined as any streamed segment of audiovisual content, (both progressive downloads and live streams). For long-form, segmented content, (e.g. television episodes with ad pods in the middle) each segment of the content is counted as a distinct video stream.
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Top 10 Video Ad Properties by Video Ads Viewed
Americans viewed 7.5 billion video ads in October, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at more than 1.3 billion. Tremor Video ranked second overall (and highest among video ad exchanges/networks) crossing the 1 billion mark for the first time. BrightRoll Video Network ranked third with 756 million, followed by Specific Media with 512 million and CBS Interactive with 415 million. Time spent watching video ads totaled more than 3.2 billion minutes during the month, with Tremor Video delivering the highest duration of video ads at 614 million minutes. Video ads reached 53 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 47 times during the month. Hulu delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 46.5.
Top U.S. Online Video Ad Properties Ranked by Video Ads* ViewedOctober 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsAd Videos Only (Content Videos Not Included)Source: Comscore Video Metrix
Video Ads (000)
Total Ad Minutes (MM)
Frequency (Ads per Viewer)
% Reach Total U.S. Population
7,467,331
3,217
46.9
52.7
1,360,709
557
46.5
9.7
Tremor Video**
1,095,003
614
17.1
21.2
BrightRoll Video Network**
756,390
466
8.8
28.4
Specific Media**
512,152
250
6.5
26.1
CBS Interactive
415,244
162
17.8
7.7
381,090
146
9.9
12.8
TubeMogul Video Ad Platform**
345,099
167
6.8
16.9
TidalTV.com**
325,580
187
6.0
17.9
SpotXchange Video Ad Marketplace**
316,463
190
9.2
11.4
Undertone**
302,073
163
10.1
Note: Adap.tv has been excluded from this list due to a technological issue with its video census tags, affecting data for October 2011.*Video ads include streaming-video advertising only and do not include other types of video monetization, such as overlays, branded players, matching banner ads, homepage ads, etc.**Indicates video ad network
Top 10 YouTube Partner Channels by Unique Viewers
The October 2011 YouTube partner data revealed that video music channels VEVO (54.2 million viewers) and Warner Music (30.4 million viewers) maintained the top two positions. Gaming channel Machinima ranked third with 17.7 million viewers, followed by Schmooru with 9.9 million, Maker Studios with 9.4 million and Demand Media with 7.4 million. Within the top 10 partners, Machinima demonstrated the highest engagement with 65.1 minutes per viewer on average, while accounting for the second highest number of videos viewed (277 million) after VEVO.
Top YouTube Partner Channels* Ranked by Unique Video ViewersOctober 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsContent Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included)Source: Comscore Video Metrix
Videos (000)
VEVO @ YouTube
54,170
799,443
66.1
Warner Music @ Youtube
30,439
195,589
27.3
Machinima @ YouTube
17,750
277,330
65.1
Schmooru @ YouTube
9,860
30,863
14.1
Maker Studios @ YouTube
9,379
81,229
33.8
Demand Media @ YouTube
7,372
20,847
9.6
FullScreen @ YouTube
7,219
27,313
14.8
Warner Bros (The Ellen Show) @ YouTube
7,045
19,889
12.5
IGN @ YouTube
6,387
25,378
16.1
BigFrame @ YouTube
5,793
27,816
18.2
*YouTube Partner Reporting based on online video content viewing and does not include claimed user-generated content
Other notable findings from October 2011 include:
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