U.S. Viewers Watched an Average of 3 Hours of Online Video in July

Google Sites Capture 27 Percent Online Video Market Share

RESTON, VA, September 12, 2007 – Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its Comscore Video Metrix report for July 2007, revealing that nearly 75 percent of U.S. Internet users watched an average of three hours of online video during the month. Google Sites topped the July rankings with both the most unique video viewers and most videos viewed.

Google Continues to Dominate Online Video Market

July saw Americans view more than 9 billion videos online, with Google Sites once again ranking as the top U.S. video property with nearly 2.5 billion videos viewed (27.0 percent share of videos), 2.4 billion of which occurred at YouTube.com. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 390 million (4.3 percent), followed by Fox Interactive Media with 298 million (3.3 percent) and Viacom Digital with 281 million (3.1 percent).

Top U.S. Online Video Properties* by Videos Viewed
July 2007
Source: Comscore Video Metrix

Property

Videos (MM)

Share (%) of Videos

Total Internet

9,077

100.0%

Google Sites

2,454

27.0%

Yahoo! Sites

390

4.3%

Fox Interactive Media

298

3.3%

Viacom Digital

281

3.1%

Disney Online

182

2.0%

Time Warner Network

181

2.0%

Microsoft Sites

149

1.6%

ESPN

75

0.8%

Veoh.com

53

0.6%

Comcast Corporation

51

0.6%

*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks.
Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video.

In total, nearly 134 million Americans viewed online video in July, or approximately three in four U.S. Internet users. Google Sites also captured the largest online video audience with 67.8 million unique viewers, followed by Fox Interactive Media with 35.8 million and Yahoo! Sites with 35.3 million.

Top U.S. Online Video Properties* by Unique Video Viewers
July 2007
Source: Comscore Video Metrix

Property

Unique Viewers (000)

U.S. Internet Reach

Total Internet

133,646

74.2%

Google Sites

67,782

37.6%

Fox Interactive Media

35,834

19.9%

Yahoo! Sites

35,325

19.6%

Time Warner Network

26,571

14.8%

Viacom Digital

22,652

12.6%

Microsoft Sites

18,847

10.5%

Disney Online

13,907

7.7%

ESPN

7,733

4.3%

MLB.com

7,671

4.3%

Photobucket.com LLC

6,684

3.7%

*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks.
Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video.

Other notable findings from July 2007 include:

  • Online viewers watched an average of more than three hours of online video during the month (181 minutes).
  • The average online video duration was 2.7 minutes.
  • Nearly three out of four (74.2 percent) U.S. Internet users viewed video online.
  • More than one out of three (36.7 percent) U.S. Internet users viewed video on YouTube.com.
  • The average online video viewer consumed 68 videos, or more than two per day.

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