Consumers Watched Nearly 41 Billion Online Videos in May

comScore Video Metrix service shows 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)
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)
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)
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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