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# U.S Online Video Views Jump 16% To 16.8 Billion
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/us-online-video-views-jump-16-to-168-billion/
- Published: 2009-06-09T01:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-06-09T01:20:00.000Z
- Description: April 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix showed that U.S. net users viewed 16.8 billion online videos during the month, a 16% increase over March. A significant increase at. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/06/us-online-video-views-jump-16-to-168-billion.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: YouTube & Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

April 2009 data from the comScore [Video Metrix](http://www.comscore.com/layout/set/popup/layout/set/popup/Press%5FEvents/Press%5FReleases/2009/6/Americans%5FViewed%5Fa%5FRecord%5F16.8%5FBillion%5FVideos%5FOnline%5Fin%5FApril?ref=hypebot.com) showed that U.S. net users viewed 16.8 **[![Tv](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2011570e31cb2970b-200wi "Tv")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2011570e31cb2970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com)**billion online videos during the month, a 16% increase over March. A significant increase at YouTube contributed to the gains. 

**YouTube Accounts for 40%**  
In April, Google sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with 6.8 billion videos viewed (40.7% market share), a 15% increase over March. YouTube accounted for more than 99% of all Google videos. Fox Interactive ranked a distant second with 513 million videos (3.1%), followed by Hulu with 397 million (2.4%) and Yahoo! Sites with 355 million (2.1%). 

  
Nearly 152 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 111 videos per viewer in April. Google Sites (YouTube) reached an all-time high of 107.9 million video viewers during the month. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 58.8 million viewers, followed by Yahoo! Sites (45.4M) and Hulu (40.1M).