RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that more than 180 million US Internet users watched 36.6 billion online content videos in May. Video ads posted another month of record-breaking gains, surpassing the 10-billion mark for the first time on record.
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 151.7 million unique viewers, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 57.8 million, VEVO with 48.3 million, Microsoft Sites with 44.4 million and Facebook.com with 44.3 million. Nearly 36.6 billion video content views occurred during the month, with Google Sites generating the highest number at 17.6 billion, followed by Hulu with 888 million and Yahoo! Sites with 845 million. The average viewer watched 21.9 hours of online video content, with Google Sites (7.7 hours) and Hulu (4.2 hours) earning the highest average engagement among the top ten properties.
Top US Online Video Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video Viewers May 2012 Total US - Home and Work Locations Content Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included) (Source: comScore Video Metrix)
Property
Total Unique Viewers (000)
Videos (000)*
Minutes per Viewer
Total Internet : Total Audience
180,503
36,556,792
1,315.3
Google Sites
151,656
17,618,391
462.7
Yahoo! Sites
57,762
845,401
77.7
VEVO
48,258
653,656
57.5
Microsoft Sites
44,356
490,942
42.7
Facebook.com
44,310
246,972
24.0
AOL, Inc.
39,627
569,268
60.5
Viacom Digital
39,199
433,530
53.8
News Distribution Network, Inc.
34,246
286,801
86.8
Amazon Sites
27,158
96,733
21.9
Hulu
25,689
887,812
253.7
*A video is defined as any streamed segment of audiovisual content, including 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 an all-time high of 10 billion video ads in May. Hulu ranked first with more than 1.6 billion video ads delivered, followed by Google Sites with nearly 1.4 billion, BrightRoll Video Network with 1.1 billion, Adap.tv with 966 million and TubeMogul Video Ad Platform with 897 million. Time spent watching video ads totalled 4.5 billion minutes, with Hulu delivering the highest duration of video ads at 725 million minutes. Video ads reached 52% of the total US population an average of 64 times during the month. Hulu delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 56, while ESPN delivered an average of 29 ads per viewer.
Top US Online Video Ad Properties Ranked by Video Ads* Viewed May 2012 Total US - Home and Work Locations Ad Videos Only (Content Videos Not Included) (Source: comScore Video Metrix)
Property
Video Ads (000)
Total Ad Minutes (MM)
Frequency (Ads per Viewer)
% Reach Total US Population
Total Internet : Total Audience
10,076,499
4,517
63.6
51.7
Hulu
1,666,846
725
55.5
9.8
Google Sites
1,385,273
143
18.6
24.3
BrightRoll Video Network**
1,130,983
673
10.3
35.8
Adap.tv†
966,204
556
13.1
24.1
TubeMogul Video Ad Platform**
896,787
259
17.4
16.8
Specific Media**
751,542
359
7.7
31.9
Tremor Video**
725,944
408
14.1
16.8
SpotXchange Video Ad Marketplace†
615,290
326
13.5
14.9
Auditude, Inc.**
569,862
219
11.6
16.0
ESPN
490,103
169
28.6
5.6
*Video ads include streaming-video advertising only and do not include other types of video monetisation, such as overlays, branded players, matching banner ads, etc. **Indicates video ad network †Indicates video ad exchange
Top 10 YouTube partner channels by unique viewers
The May 2012 YouTube partner data revealed that video music channels VEVO (47.6 million viewers) and Warner Music (27.7 million viewers) maintained the top two positions. Gaming channel Machinima ranked third with 23.5 million viewers, followed by Maker Studios Inc. with 16.2 million, FullScreen with 14.1 million and BroadbandTV with 8.1 million. Among the top 10 YouTube partners, Machinima demonstrated the highest engagement (66 minutes per viewer) followed by VEVO (55 minutes per viewer). VEVO streamed the most videos (618 million), followed by Machinima (388 million).
Top YouTube Partner Channels* Ranked by Unique Video Viewers May 2012 Total US - Home and Work Locations Content Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included) (Source: comScore Video Metrix)
Property
Total Unique Viewers (000)
Videos (000)
Minutes per Viewer
VEVO @ YouTube
47,633
617,770
55.1
Warner Music @ YouTube
27,689
160,880
24.1
Machinima @ YouTube
23,503
388,012
65.7
Maker Studios Inc. @ YouTube
16,158
169,230
43.5
FullScreen @ YouTube
14,135
69,806
18.4
BroadbandTV @ YouTube
8,130
38,293
16.5
Big Frame @ YouTube
7,309
41,341
19.5
Demand Media @ YouTube
6,363
15,238
7.9
Collective Digital Studio @ YouTube
6,261
40,250
22.1
MOVIECLIPS @ YouTube
6,103
15,088
8.5
*YouTube Partner Reporting based on online video content viewing and does not include claimed user-generated content .
Other notable findings from May 2012 include:
84.5% of the US Internet audience viewed online video.
The duration of the average online content video was 6.5 minutes, while the average online video ad was 0.4 minutes.
Video ads accounted for 21.6% of all videos viewed and 1.9% of all minutes spent viewing video online.
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