Online Video Ads Now Reach 50 Percent of Total U.S. Population Each Month
RESTON, VA, October 21, 2011 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore Video Metrix service showing that 182 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in September for an average of 19.5 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in 39.8 billion video views.
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 September with 161 million unique viewers, while VEVO ranked second with 57.3 million. Microsoft Sites climbed to the #3 position with 54 million viewers, followed by Viacom Digital with 53.4 million and Facebook.com with 49.9 million. Nearly 40 billion videos views occurred during the month, with Google Sites generating the highest number at 18.6 billion. The average viewer watched a record 19.5 hours of online video content, with Google Sites (6.3 hours) also demonstrating the highest engagement.
Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video ViewersSeptember 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
181,915
39,813,781
1,167.9
Google Sites
161,406
18,609,393
378.0
VEVO
57,348
748,163
60.2
Microsoft Sites
53,972
735,911
39.3
Viacom Digital
53,424
633,598
53.8
Facebook.com
49,891
252,521
16.1
Yahoo! Sites
46,104
526,745
49.4
AOL, Inc.
41,850
408,157
55.9
NBC Universal
29,772
95,518
15.3
Turner Digital
28,594
240,980
33.2
Hulu
27,051
642,405
180.3
*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.
Top 10 Video Ad Properties by Video Ads Viewed
Americans viewed more than 6.8 billion video ads in September, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at more than 1 billion. Tremor Video ranked second overall (and highest among video ad exchanges/networks) with 811 million ad views, followed by Adap.tv (803 million) and BrightRoll Video Network (665 million). Time spent watching video ads totaled more than 2.9 billion minutes during the month, with Adap.tv delivering the highest duration of video ads at 450 million minutes. Video ads reached 50 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 45.3 times during the month. Hulu delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 38.2.
Top U.S. Online Video Ad Properties Ranked by Video Ads* ViewedSeptember 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
6,882,064
2,947
45.3
50.3
1,020,984
414
38.2
8.8
Tremor Video**
811,070
425
13.7
19.6
Adap.tv†
803,407
450
11.6
22.9
BrightRoll Video Network**
664,962
391
8.9
24.9
Specific Media**
592,657
295
7.3
26.9
TidalTV.com**
358,039
217
6.8
17.5
Auditude, Inc.**
343,832
205
8.7
13.1
Undertone**
336,655
158
10.7
10.4
SpotXchange Video Ad Marketplace**
329,439
196
7.7
14.3
CBS Interactive
280,467
122
9.0
*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
Top 10 YouTube Partner Channels by Unique Viewers
September marks the second month of official rankings for Comscore YouTube Partner Reporting within the Video Metrix offering, providing a comparison of viewership across thousands of YouTube partners and their channels. The data revealed that video music channels VEVO (57.3 million viewers) and Warner Music (28.8 million viewers) maintained the top two positions. Gaming channel Machinima ranked third with 17 million viewers, followed by Maker Studios with 9 million, Demand Media with 6.8 million and Revision3 with 5.4 million. Within the top 10 partners, Machinima demonstrated the highest engagement with 61.9 minutes per viewer on average, while accounting for the second most videos viewed (249 million) after VEVO.
Top YouTube Partner Channels* Ranked by Unique Video ViewersSeptember 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsContent Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included)Source: Comscore Video Metrix
Videos Viewed (000)
VEVO @ YouTube
57,267
724,488
57.6
Warner Music @ YouTube
28,808
183,711
28.5
Machinima @ YouTube
17,036
249,005
61.9
Maker Studios @ YouTube
9,028
71,833
32.1
Demand Media @ YouTube
6,833
19,901
9.8
Revision3 @ YouTube
5,400
17,785
14.9
IGN @ YouTube
5,286
18,782
FullScreen @ YouTube
4,959
17,768
Associated Press AP @ YouTube
4,279
7,768
7.0
Clevvertv @ YouTube
4,205
8,616
8.3
*YouTube Partner Reporting based on online video content viewing and does not include claimed user-generated content
Other notable findings from September 2011 include:
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