comScore Releases April 04 U.S. Online Video Rankings

comScore Releases April 2014 U.S. Online Video RankingsRESTON, VA, May 21, 2014 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 186.1 million Americans watched online content videos in April 2014. Google Sites ranked as the top video content property, BrightRoll Platform was the top video ad property, and VEVO topped the list of YouTube partner channels.

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 April with 155.7 million unique viewers. Facebook ranked #2 with 87 million viewers, followed by AOL, Inc. with 65.3 million, Yahoo Sites with 52.2 million and NDN with 45 million.

Top U.S. Online Video* Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video Viewers

April 2014

Total U.S. - Home and Work Locations

Content Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included)

Source: comScore Video Metrix

Property Total Unique Viewers (000)

Total Internet : Total Audience 186,058

Google Sites 155,715

Facebook 87,005

AOL, Inc. 65,335

Yahoo Sites 52,164

NDN 44,973

VEVO 37,944

AnyClip Media 36,331

Vimeo 35,853

Microsoft Sites 35,132

Amazon Sites 32,559

*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. Video views are inclusive of both user-initiated and auto-played videos that are viewed for longer than 3 seconds.

Top 10 Video Ad Properties by Percent Reach of Unique Viewers

BrightRoll Platform ranked #1 in video ad reach, serving ads to 53.8 percent of the total U.S. population in April. Specific Media came in second with 42.9 percent reach, followed by LiveRail with 42 percent, AOL, Inc. with 38.3 percent and Google Sites with 35.2 percent.

Top U.S. Online Video Ad* Properties Ranked by Percent Reach of U.S. Population

April 2014

Total U.S. - Home and Work Locations

Ad Videos Only (Content Videos Not Included)

Source: comScore Video Metrix

Property % Reach Total U.S. Population

BrightRoll Platform 53.8

Specific Media** 42.9

LiveRail 42.0

AOL, Inc. 38.3

Google Sites 35.2

TubeMogul Video Ad Platform 34.9

SpotXchange Video Advertising Platform 34.4

Tremor Video** 29.2

Q1Media - AdExcite Video Platform 27.9

Videology 17.8

*Video ads include streaming-video advertising only and do not include other types of video monetization, such as overlays, branded players, matching banner ads, etc.

**Indicates video ad network

Indicates video ad exchange/DSP/SSP

Top 10 YouTube Partner Channels by Unique Viewers

The April 2014 YouTube partner data revealed that video music channel VEVO maintained the top position in the ranking with 35.8 million viewers. Fullscreen held onto the #2 spot with 25.6 million unique viewers, followed by ZEFR with 24.5 million, Maker Studios Inc. with 24.4 million and Warner Music with 23.6 million.

Top YouTube Partner Channels Ranked by Unique Video Viewers

April 2014

Total U.S. - Home and Work Locations

Content Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included)

Source: comScore Video Metrix

Property Total Unique Viewers (000)

VEVO @ YouTube 35,757

Fullscreen @ YouTube 25,577

ZEFR @ YouTube 24,534

Maker Studios Inc. @ YouTube 24,401

Warner Music @ YouTube 23,555

The Orchard @ YouTube 17,376

UMG @ YouTube 15,269

BroadbandTV @ YouTube 13,990

SonyBMG @ YouTube 13,067

JukinVideoNetwork @ YouTube 13,052

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