March 2011 US online video rankings
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 March with 143.2 million unique viewers, followed by AOL, Inc. with 57.0 million viewers and Yahoo! Sites with 56.4 million viewers. Microsoft Sites came in fourth with 53.1 million viewers, while VEVO ranked fifth with 52.6 million viewers. Google Sites had the highest number of viewing sessions as it neared the 2 billion mark, and highest time spent per viewer at 276 minutes, or 4.6 hours.
| Top US Online Video Properties by Video Content Views Ranked by Unique Video Viewers March 2011 Total US - Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore Video Metrix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Property | Total Unique Viewers (000) | Viewing Sessions (000) | Minutes per Viewer |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 174,315 | 5,726,413 | 889.1 |
| Google Sites | 143,191 | 1,971,939 | 275.6 |
| AOL, Inc. | 57,006 | 284,688 | 39.2 |
| Yahoo! Sites | 56,361 | 267,688 | 42.1 |
| Microsoft Sites | 53,090 | 331,282 | 47.2 |
| VEVO | 52,585 | 241,154 | 79.6 |
| Facebook.com | 48,792 | 185,817 | 19.2 |
| Viacom Digital | 48,696 | 180,638 | 73.2 |
| Turner Digital | 41,718 | 154,163 | 37.5 |
| NBC Universal | 31,052 | 65,973 | 17.3 |
| Hulu | 27,537 | 143,673 | 215.5 |
Top 10 video ad properties by video ads viewed
Americans viewed 4.3 billion video ads in March, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at more than 1.2 billion. Tremor Media Video Network ranked second overall (and highest among video ad networks) with 804.3 million ad views, followed by Adap.tv (553 million) and BrightRoll Video Network (398 million). Time spent watching videos ads neared 1.9 billion minutes during the month, with Hulu delivering the highest duration of video ads at 520 million minutes. Video ads reached 43% of the total US population an average of 33 times during the month. Hulu also delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 47 over the course of the month.
| Top US Online Video Properties by Video Ads* Viewed Ranked by Video Ads Viewed March 2011 Total US - Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore Video Metrix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property | Video Ads (000) | Total Ad Minutes (MM) | Frequency (Ads per Viewer) | % Reach Total US Population |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 4,320,533 | 1,892 | 33.1 | 43.2% |
| Hulu | 1,266,454 | 520 | 47.1 | 8.9% |
| Tremor Media Video Network** | 804,301 | 489 | 13.7 | 19.5% |
| Adap.tv** | 553,182 | 333 | 10.2 | 18.0% |
| BrightRoll Video Network** | 397,809 | 231 | 5.8 | 22.8% |
| SpotXchange Video Ad Network** | 396,919 | 235 | 9.6 | 13.7% |
| Viacom Digital | 372,998 | 177 | 13.1 | 9.4% |
| CBS Interactive | 254,844 | 95 | 11.1 | 7.6% |
| Microsoft Sites | 232,815 | 113 | 8.9 | 8.7% |
| Undertone** | 230,676 | 123 | 9.0 | 8.5% |
| AOL, Inc. | 188,967 | 92 | 5.8 | 10.8% |
*Video ads include streaming-video advertising only and do not include other types of video monetisation, such as overlays, branded players, matching banner ads, homepage ads, etc.
**Indicates video ad network
Other notable findings from March 2011 include:
- The top video ad networks in terms of their potential reach of the total US population were: Tremor Media at 47.9%, BrightRoll Video Network at 40.5% and Break Media at 39.6%.
- 83.5% of the US Internet audience viewed online video.
- The duration of the average online content video was 5.2 minutes, while the average online video ad was 0.4 minutes.
- Video ads accounted for 12.7% of all videos viewed and 1.2% of all minutes spent viewing video online.