comScore Releases May 2013 U.S. Online Video RankingsAOL Jumps to #3 in Online Video Content Ranking
RESTON, VA, June 14, 2013 comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 182 million Americans watched nearly 41 billion online content videos in May, while the number of video ad views reached 15.8 billion.
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 154.5 million unique viewers, followed by Facebook with 60.4 million, AOL, Inc. with 53.8 million, VEVO with 52 million and NDN with 46.5 million. Nearly 41 billion video content views occurred during the month, with Google Sites generating the highest number at nearly 14 billion, followed by AOL, Inc. with 839 million. Google Sites had the highest average engagement among the top ten properties.
Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video Viewers
May 2013
Total U.S. 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 182,217 40,953,776 1,247.9
Google Sites 154,537 13,958,260 436.7
Facebook 60,429 727,383 26.1
AOL, Inc. 53,845 838,934 64.2
VEVO 52,024 591,209 37.9
NDN 46,457 505,339 78.5
Microsoft Sites 45,179 541,503 36.9
Viacom Digital 43,676 415,654 41.2
Yahoo! Sites 43,625 342,432 72.7
Amazon Sites 33,740 163,817 17.8
Turner Digital 32,975 276,951 41.7
*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.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 Video Ads Viewed
Americans viewed 15.8 billion video ads in May, with BrightRoll Platform ranking #1 with 2.6 billion ad impressions. Google Sites came in second with nearly 2.6 billion ads, followed by LiveRail.com with 2.1 billion, Adap.tv with 2.1 billion, Hulu with 1.7 billion, Specific Media with 1.4 billion and TubeMogul Video Ad Platform with 1.2 billion. Time spent watching video ads totaled 6 billion minutes, with BrightRoll Platform delivering the highest duration of video ads at 1.3 billion minutes. Video ads reached 53 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 96 times during the month. Hulu delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 71.
Top U.S. Online Video Ad Properties Ranked by Video Ads* Viewed
May 2013
Total U.S. 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 U.S. Population
Total Internet : Total Audience 15,844,581 6,042 96.5 53.1
BrightRoll Platform** 2,624,509 1,340 16.2 52.5
Google Sites 2,553,208 233 23.7 34.9
LiveRail.com 2,128,167 742 23.9 28.9
Adap.tv 2,098,981 1,000 15.8 43.1
Hulu 1,666,610 653 71.3 7.6
Specific Media** 1,411,102 552 12.5 36.5
TubeMogul Video Ad Platform 1,225,897 349 13.5 29.4
Tremor Video** 882,522 459 11.6 24.5
Videology 632,899 262 8.1 25.1
AOL, Inc. 630,551 296 12.1 16.9
*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 May 2013 YouTube partner data revealed that video music channel VEVO maintained the top position in the ranking with 50.2 million viewers. Fullscreen held on to the #2 position with 36.5 million viewers, followed by Maker Studios Inc. with 32.4 million, Warner Music with 32 million and ZEFR (formerly MovieClips) with 27.5 million. Among the top 10 YouTube partners, Machinima demonstrated the highest engagement (63 minutes per viewer), followed by Maker Studios Inc. (48 minutes per viewer). VEVO streamed the greatest number of videos (562 million), followed by Maker Studios Inc. (433 million).
Top YouTube Partner Channels* Ranked by Unique Video Viewers
May 2013
Total U.S. 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 50,238 561,631 36.1
Fullscreen @ YouTube 36,486 284,829 23.8
Maker Studios Inc. @ YouTube 32,371 432,854 47.5
Warner Music @ Youtube 31,956 176,509 17.7
ZEFR @ YouTube 27,497 130,772 13.5
The Orchard @ YouTube 24,313 90,023 10.4
Machinima @ YouTube 21,371 349,628 62.6
UMG @ YouTube 19,838 68,297 9.9
BroadbandTV @ YouTube 16,451 112,491 21.6
SonyBMG @ YouTube 16,250 44,173 8.3
Other notable findings from May 2013 include:
84.8 percent of the U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.
The duration of the average online content video was 5.6 minutes, while the average online video ad was 0.4 minutes.
Video ads accounted for 27.9 percent of all videos viewed and 2.6 percent of all minutes spent viewing video online.
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comScore Releases May 2013 U.S. Online Video RankingsAOL Jumps to #3 in Online Video Content Ranking
