December 23, 2015

Comscore Releases November 2015 U.S. Desktop Online Video Rankings

RESTON, VA, December 23, 2015 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a global media measurement and analytics company, today released data from the Comscore Video Metrix® service showing that 197.5 million Americans watched online content videos via desktop computer in November 2015. Google Sites ranked as the top video content property, LiveRail 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 November with 174.5 million unique viewers. Facebook ranked #2 with 90.5 million viewers, followed by Yahoo Sites with 61.2 million, Vimeo with 56.5 million and VEVO with 44.2 million.

Top U.S. Online Video* Content Properties Ranked by Unique Video Viewers
November 2015
Total U.S. – Desktop Computer, Home and Work Locations
Content Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included)
Source: Comscore Video Metrix

Property

Total Unique Viewers (000)

Total Internet : Total Audience

197,464

Google Sites

174,548

Facebook

90,474

Yahoo Sites

61,214

Vimeo

56,455

VEVO

44,205

Warner Music

39,269

Mode Media

37,913

Comcast NBCUniversal

37,799

Maker Studios Inc.

37,546

AOL, Inc.

33,281

*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 Unique Viewer Percent Reach
LiveRail ranked #1 in video ad reach, serving ads to 48.2 percent of the total U.S. population in November. AOL, Inc. came in second with 45 percent reach, followed by BrightRoll Platform with 43 percent, Google Sites with 33 percent and SpotX Video Advertising Platform with 30.5 percent.

Top U.S. Online Video Ad* Properties Ranked by Percent Reach of U.S. Population
November 2015
Total U.S. – Desktop Computer, Home and Work Locations
Ad Videos Only (Content Videos Not Included)
Source: Comscore Video Metrix

Property

% Reach Total U.S. Population

LiveRail†

48.2

AOL, Inc.

45.0

BrightRoll Platform†

43.0

Google Sites

33.0

SpotX Video Advertising Platform†

30.5

Specific Media**

27.8

Altitude Digital†

23.9

RockYou.com†

21.5

Teads Sites†

21.5

Videology†

20.6

*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 November 2015 YouTube partner data revealed that video music channel VEVO climbed into the top position in the ranking with 43.4 million viewers. UMG occupied the #2 spot with 42.2 million unique viewers, followed by Warner Music with 39.3 million, SonyBMG with 37.7 million and BroadbandTV with 28.1 million.

Top YouTube Partner Channels Ranked by Unique Video Viewers*
November 2015
Total U.S. – Desktop Computer, Home and Work Locations
Content Videos Only (Ad Videos Not Included)
Source: Comscore Video Metrix

Property

Total Unique Viewers (000)

VEVO @ YouTube

43,402

UMG @ YouTube

42,194

Warner Music @ YouTube

39,268

SonyBMG @ YouTube

37,688

BroadbandTV @ YouTube

28,105

QuizGroup @ YouTube

22,244

The Orchard @ YouTube

21,650

ZEFR @ YouTube

21,158

Machinima @ YouTube

20,254

Collective @ YouTube

18,702

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