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Announcing Debut of Official YouTube Partner Rankings Now Available in Video Metrix
RESTON, VA, September 22, 2011 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore Video Metrix service showing that 180 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in August for an average of 18 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in a record 6.9 billion viewing sessions.
YouTube Partner Rankings Now Fully Released in Video Metrix
August marks the first month of official rankings for Comscore YouTube Partner Reporting within the Video Metrix offering, for a never-before-seen comparison of viewership across thousands of YouTube partners and their channels. This offering provides a comprehensive and granular view of the unique audiences within different YouTube partner channels, enabling advertisers to more-easily create and optimize campaigns across specific channels to reach desired target audiences.
The data revealed that video music channels VEVO (60.6 million viewers) and Warner Music (30.9 million viewers) assumed the top two positions. Gaming channel Machinima ranked third with 17.7 million viewers, followed by Maker Studios with 10 million, Demand Media with 8.4 million and Revision3 with 6.6 million. Within the top 10 partners, TheGameStation demonstrated the highest engagement with 76.5 minutes per viewer on average. Machinima was a close second on average engagement at 72.6 minutes per viewer, while accounting for the second most videos viewed (289 million) after VEVO. Interestingly, 68.1 percent of Machinima viewers were male and 70.3 percent were under the age of 35.
Top YouTube Partner Channels* Ranked by Unique Video ViewersAugust 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Property
Total Unique Viewers (000)
Videos Viewed (000)
Minutes per Viewer
VEVO @ YouTube
60,558
788,315
59.9
Warner Music @ Youtube
30,929
197,574
29.1
Machinima @ YouTube
17,679
289,201
72.6
Maker Studios @ YouTube
9,960
89,271
37.6
Demand Media @ YouTube
8,385
26,288
10.9
Revision3 @ YouTube
6,563
23,150
16.5
Associated Press (AP) @ YouTube
5,696
11,492
7.4
Clevvertv @ YouTube
5,445
11,858
8.6
FullScreen @ YouTube
5,311
19,524
15.4
IGN @ YouTube
5,096
18,570
15.9
*YouTube Partner Reporting based on online video content viewing and does not include claimed user-generated content
For more information about Comscore Video Metrix YouTube Partner Reporting, please visit comscore.com/youtube or email youtube@comscore.com.
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 August with 162 million unique viewers, while VEVO ranked second with 62.3 million. Facebook.com remained at the #3 position with 51.7 million viewers, followed by Viacom Digital with 49.9 million and Microsoft Sites with 46.4 million. Total viewing sessions reached another all-time high in August at 6.9 billion, with Google Sites generating the highest number of viewing sessions (3.5 billion). The average viewer watched 18 hours of online video content during the course of the month, with Google Sites (5.7 hours) and Hulu (3.2 hours) demonstrating the highest engagement.
Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video ViewersAugust 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Viewing Sessions (000)
Total Internet : Total Audience
180,379
6,908,009
1,080.0
Google Sites
162,050
3,536,489
343.5
VEVO
62,285
519,702
60.9
Facebook.com
51,651
186,106
17.6
Viacom Digital
49,906
317,001
67.6
Microsoft Sites
46,436
250,741
45.2
Yahoo! Sites
45,475
237,973
46.3
AOL, Inc.
40,671
260,666
54.7
Turner Digital
33,040
130,131
31.0
Hulu
26,413
166,500
192.4
NBC Universal
24,994
71,491
14.6
Top 10 Video Ad Properties by Video Ads Viewed
Americans viewed more than 5.6 billion video ads in August, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at 996 million. Tremor Video ranked second overall (and highest among video ad exchanges/networks) with 764 million ad views, followed by Adap.tv (720 million) and BrightRoll Video Network (603 million). Time spent watching video ads totaled more than 2.5 billion minutes during the month, with Hulu delivering the highest duration of video ads at 426 million minutes. Video ads reached 50 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 37.6 times during the month. Hulu delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 38.1.
Top U.S. Online Video Ad Properties Ranked by Video Ads* ViewedAugust 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Video Ads (000)
Total Ad Minutes (MM)
Frequency (Ads per Viewer)
% Reach Total U.S. Population
5,660,055
2,567
49.9%
995,610
426
38.1
8.6%
Tremor Video**
763,802
425
12.9
19.6%
Adap.tv†
720,079
413
12.0
19.9%
BrightRoll Video Network**
602,751
358
7.6
26.3%
Specific Media**
494,775
248
7.0
23.3%
TidalTV.com**
442,506
259
7.3
20.2%
Auditude, Inc.**
349,919
210
13.5%
320,360
139
13.1
8.1%
SpotXchange Video Ad Marketplace**
289,128
178
8.0
12.0%
247,651
110
9.7
8.4%
*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†Indicates video ad exchange
Other notable findings from August 2011 include:
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