Average YouTube Viewer Watched More Than 5 Hours of Video
RESTON, VA, June 17, 2011 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore Video Metrix service showing that 176 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in May for an average of 15.9 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 5.6 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 in May with 147.2 million unique viewers, followed by VEVO with 60.4 million viewers and Yahoo! Sites with 55.5 million viewers. Facebook.com came in fourth with 48.2 million viewers, while Viacom Digital ranked fifth with 46.5 million viewers. Google Sites had the highest number of viewing sessions with more than 2.1 billion, and highest time spent per viewer at 311 minutes, crossing the 5-hour mark for the first time.
Top U.S. Online Video Properties by Video Content ViewsRanked by Unique Video ViewersMay 2011Total U.S. – Home/Work/University LocationsSource: Comscore Video Metrix
Property
Total Unique Viewers (000)
Viewing Sessions (000)
Minutes per Viewer
Total Internet : Total Audience
176,337
5,662,369
951.3
Google Sites
147,158
2,173,422
311.2
VEVO
60,369
360,205
105.1
Yahoo! Sites
55,482
272,255
39.1
Facebook.com
48,189
176,076
19.3
Viacom Digital
46,535
241,026
74.2
Microsoft Sites
46,502
251,799
42.8
AOL, Inc.
42,271
246,592
45.7
Turner Digital
35,185
126,760
36.3
NBC Universal
30,622
67,251
21.1
Hulu
28,543
195,897
217.8
Top 10 Video Ad Properties by Video Ads Viewed
Americans viewed 4.6 billion video ads in May, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at more than 1.3 billion. Tremor Media Video Network ranked second overall (and highest among video ad networks) with 700.8 million ad views, followed by Adap.tv (642 million) and BrightRoll Video Network (565 million). Time spent watching videos ads totaled more than 2.0 billion minutes during the month, with Hulu delivering the highest duration of video ads at 560 million minutes. Video ads reached 45 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 34 times during the month. Hulu also delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 48 over the course of the month.
Top U.S. Online Video Properties by Video Ads* ViewedRanked by Video Ads ViewedMay 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
4,608,833
2,052
33.7
45.4%
1,319,995
560
47.6
9.2%
Tremor Media Video Network**
700,769
410
10.8
21.4%
Adap.tv†
641,632
375
10.9
19.5%
BrightRoll Video Network**
564,938
338
7.1
26.4%
Undertone**
291,185
158
8.9%
268,425
142
9.8
9.0%
265,765
123
11.7
7.6%
CBS Interactive
258,840
92
11.3
SpotXchange Video Ad Network**
257,796
7.7
11.2%
ABC Television
181,695
72
22.7
2.7%
*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 May 2011 include:
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