10 Billion Videos

by Larry Richman on August 13, 2008

U.S. Internet visitors viewed 10 billion online videos in February 2008. That’s 66% more than were viewed in February 2007.

35% of those 10 billion were viewed on Google Sites (96% of which was on YouTube.com).

Source: comScore.com

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Dave August 13, 2008 at 8:19 am: Is there a link to the original article?
EarloftheWest August 13, 2008 at 2:45 pm: Interestingly, Firefox 3.1 (due out late 2008 or early 2009) will have the ability to play video without users having to install additional plug-ins. This version of Firefox will support Ogg Theora – a free video codec.
I expect that companies that provide video on their website will move to Ogg Theora. This will save them money because they won’t have to pay for servers to stream their media or create the media in proprietary video formats.
Larry Richman August 14, 2008 at 4:43 pm: I got the information from Book Business Magazine(http://bookbusinessmag.com), June 2008, page 10.