comScore Releases December 2013 U.S. Online Video Rankings

Online Content Videos Exceed 50 Billion Monthly Views for First Time on Record

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Jan 10, 2014, 05:30 ET

RESTON, Va., Jan. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 188.2 million Americans watched 52.4 billion online content videos in December, while the number of video ad views totaled 35.2 billion.

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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 December with 159.1 million unique viewers. Facebook ranked #2 with 79.1 million viewers, followed by AOL, Inc. with 76.2 million, Yahoo sites with 53.5 million and NDN with 49.4 million. Nearly 52.4 billion video content views occurred during the month, with Google Sites generating the highest number at 13.4 billion, followed by Facebook with 3.7 billion and AOL, Inc. with 1.4 billion. Google Sites had the highest average engagement among the top ten properties.

Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video Viewers December 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	188,249	52,374,583	1,164.5
Google Sites	159,090	13,384,434	356.7
Facebook**	79,105	3,749,940	50.1
AOL, Inc.	76,178	1,414,138	60.4
Yahoo Sites	53,499	392,542	47.8
NDN	49,388	530,275	71.2
Amazon Sites	44,626	215,795	17.1
VEVO	39,424	632,788	51.0
Microsoft Sites	36,662	609,765	36.9
Vimeo	32,932	142,426	32.3
Turner Digital	29,008	221,105	39.0

*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.

**Facebook's December 2013 online video viewership, particularly the number of video views, is substantially higher than prior months due to both organic and inorganic factors. The largest (and inorganic) source of increase is the recent inclusion, following a technical validation effort, of a significant volume of short (typically 6-second) Vine videos that have been uploaded to Facebook. The other, and currently less significant, factor is the limited roll-out in December of auto-play videos in the Facebook News Feed.

Top 10 Video Ad Properties by Video Ads Viewed
Americans viewed nearly 35.2 billion video ads in December, with AOL, Inc. maintaining the #1 position with 4.3 billion ad impressions. LiveRail.com came in second with 3.6 billion ads, followed by Google Sites also with 3.6 billion, SpotXchange Video Ad Marketplace with 2.9 billion and TubeMogul Video Ad Platform with 2.5 billion. Time spent watching video ads totaled 13.2 billion minutes, with AOL, Inc. delivering the highest duration of video ads at nearly 1.9 billion minutes. Video ads reached 55.6 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 204 times during the month. Hulu delivered the highest frequency of video ads to its viewers with an average of 82.

*Top U.S. Online Video Ad Properties Ranked by Video Ads Viewed December 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	35,235,361	13,235	204.1	55.6
AOL, Inc. (including Adap.tv)	4,326,305	1,850	26.9	51.9
LiveRail.com†	3,566,607	1,506	23.4	49.2
Google Sites	3,564,204	353	32.3	35.6
SpotXchange Video Ad Marketplace†	2,895,520	975	24.5	38.0
TubeMogul Video Ad Platform†	2,467,934	802	21.3	37.3
BrightRoll Platform**†	2,451,140	1,148	14.8	53.3
Specific Media**	2,185,660	859	13.8	51.2
Hulu	1,388,482	551	82.3	5.4
Tremor Video**	1,209,948	537	11.7	33.3
Videology†	991,078	445	10.5	30.4

*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 December 2013 YouTube partner data revealed that video music channel VEVO maintained the top position in the ranking with 38.5 million viewers. Fullscreen held onto the #2 spot with 27.3 million unique viewers, followed by ZEFR with 26.6 million, Maker Studios Inc. with 24.7 million, and Warner Music with 22.7 million. Among the top 10 YouTube partners, Maker Studios Inc. demonstrated the highest engagement (72 minutes per viewer), followed by VEVO (51 minutes per viewer). VEVO streamed the greatest number of videos (622 million), followed by Maker Studios Inc. (523 million).

Top YouTube Partner Channels Ranked by Unique Video Viewers December 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	38,460	622,057	51.1
Fullscreen @ YouTube	27,346	358,267	40.9
ZEFR @ YouTube	26,598	143,042	14.9
Maker Studios Inc. @ YouTube	24,726	522,869	72.2
Warner Music @ YouTube	22,672	151,209	19.1
warnerbros vfp @ YouTube	20,032	61,301	5.3
The Orchard @ YouTube	18,987	78,701	11.8
google @ YouTube	17,965	47,075	4.6
rumblefish @ YouTube	17,396	45,932	7.4
UMG @ YouTube	16,295	66,580	11.0

Other notable findings from December 2013 include:

86.9 percent of the U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.
The duration of the average online content video was 4.2 minutes, while the average online video ad was 0.4 minutes.
Video ads accounted for 40.2 percent of all videos viewed and 5.7 percent of all minutes spent viewing video online.

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