Viewers at Google Sites Watch Average 4.5 Hours of Video During Month
RESTON, VA, December 16, 2010 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore Video Metrix service showing that 172 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in November. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in nearly 5.2 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month.
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 with 145.8 million unique viewers. Yahoo! Sites took the #2 spot with 61.8 million viewers, followed by VEVO with 50.3 million viewers. AOL, Inc., which recently acquired 5min in September, secured fourth place with 47.7 million viewers. Viacom Digital closely followed with 47.3 million viewers. Google Sites had the highest number of viewing sessions with nearly 2.0 billion, and average time spent per viewer at 271 minutes, or 4.5 hours.
Top U.S. Online Video Properties by Video Content ViewsRanked by Unique Video ViewersNovember 2010Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Property
Total Unique Viewers (000)
Viewing Sessions (000)
Minutes per Viewer
Total Internet : Total Audience
172,343
5,190,734
884.6
Google Sites
145,829
1,979,988
271.2
Yahoo! Sites
61,803
241,208
26.4
VEVO
50,320
261,368
85.4
AOL, Inc.
47,687
251,112
30.2
Viacom Digital
47,282
146,570
55.2
Facebook.com
42,500
131,209
15.9
Microsoft Sites
35,348
144,422
49.9
Fox Interactive Media
31,552
115,961
18.1
NBC Universal
29,192
63,293
20.1
Turner Digital
27,714
95,346
24.1
Top 10 Video Ad Properties by Video Ads Viewed
Americans viewed more than 5.4 billion video ads in November, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at more than 1.1 billion. Tremor Media Video Network ranked second overall (and highest among video ad networks) with 477 million ad views, followed by ADAP.TV (446 million) and Microsoft Sites (427 million). Video ads reached 49 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 36.8 times during the month. CWTV.com delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 68.5 over the course of the month after recently starting to run full ad-loads comparable to those of television.
Top U.S. Online Video Properties by Video Ads* ViewedRanked by Video Ads ViewedNovember 2010Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Video Ads (000)
Frequency (Ads per Viewer)
% Reach Total U.S. Population
5,391,715
36.8
48.6
Hulu
1,150,651
42.4
9.0
Tremor Media Video Network**
477,416
7.1
22.4
ADAP.TV**
446,173
8.8
16.8
426,839
11.1
12.8
BrightRoll Video Network**
386,658
6.3
20.4
NABBR.com**
331,232
27.2
4.0
CBS Interactive
279,976
9.5
9.7
241,233
4.9
16.3
216,854
6.5
CWTV.com
200,483
68.5
1.0
*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
Other notable findings from November 2010 include:
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