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RESTON, VA, July 17, 2007 – Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its Comscore Video Metrix report for May 2007, revealing that nearly 75 percent of U.S. Internet users watched an average of 158 minutes of online video per user during the month. Google Sites topped the monthly rankings with both the most unique video streamers and most videos streamed.
Google Tops U.S. Online Video Rankings
May saw Americans view more than 8.3 billion video streams online, and Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. streaming video property with 1.8 billion videos streamed (21.5 percent share of streams), 1.7 billion of which occurred at YouTube.com. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 680 million streams (8.1 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 387 million (4.6 percent) and Viacom Digital with 237 million (2.8 percent).
Top U.S. Online Streaming Video Properties* by Video StreamsMay 2007Source: Comscore Video Metrix
Property
Video Streams (MM)
Share (%) of
Video Streams
Total Internet
8,357
100.0%
Google Sites
1,796
21.5%
Fox Interactive Media
680
8.1%
Yahoo! Sites
387
4.6%
Viacom Digital
237
2.8%
Time Warner Network
185
2.2%
Microsoft Sites
171
2.0%
ABC.com
100
1.2%
Disney Online
84
1.0%
ESPN
62
0.7%
NBC Universal
58
*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks
In total, nearly 132 million Americans viewed online streaming video in May. Google Sites also captured the largest streaming video audience with more than 64.9 million unique streamers, followed by Fox Interactive Media with 52.7 million and Yahoo! Sites with 35.0 million.
Top U.S. Online Streaming Video Properties* by Video StreamersMay 2007Source: Comscore Video Metrix
Unique Video Streamers (000)
Video Streamer Penetration (%)
131,915
64,945
49.2%
52,737
40.0%
35,024
26.6%
29,479
22.3%
24,394
18.5%
19,356
14.7%
Verizon Communications Corporation
15,030
11.4%
ABC.COM
10,799
8.2%
10,114
7.7%
MLB.COM
7,311
5.5%
Other notable findings from May 2007 include:
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PressBill DaddiDaddi Brand Communications646-370-1341press@comscore.com