YouTube In October 2008

Would you like to know how many online videos Internet users in the States watched in YouTube? According to October 2008 date from comScore Video Metrix Service, a total of 13.5 billion… yup, billion videos were viewed by users in the States. That is quite a staggering figure.


YouTube accounted for around 98% of total videos viewed, followed by Fox Interactive Media with 520 million videos (3.8 percent). Yahoo! Sites accounted for 2.7% or 363 million followed by Viacom Digital at 2.3% or 305 million video. Hulu, a joint venture of NBC and Fox featuring full-length broadcast TV programs, ranked sixth with 235 million videos viewed (1.7 percent).

These figures are from the recent data released by the comScore Video Metrix service last December 9, 2008.

Other findings showed that the average online video viewer watched 274 minutes of video. A total of 99.5 million viewers watched 5.3 billion videos on YouTube.com with an average of 53.2 videos per viewer.
Me? Not even five minutes of YouTube. I really spend more minutes at Facebook or Friendster or Yahoo Sports!

Just read that LA Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns!


And tonight, Chief and I will watch "IyoTube" at Bubble Gang. Last week, we really had a blast as they featured "Macarena."

Six Degrees by Kevin

Yesterday morning, we were catching snippets of “The Today Show” on cable (Channel 19). And we saw Kevin Bacon collecting gifts and toys from the live audience that gathered at Rockefeller Plaza, New York. And later being interviewed by the hosts, Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera, Al Roker and Ann Curry.

Ann asked Kevin about his social networking site called Six Degrees. Kevin said that this site reaches out to hundreds of charity organizations around the globe. I had written about social networking sites before in my column at the Manila Times and through my research, I had learned that SixDegrees.org links people to charities.

In this morning’s episode, Kevin was promoting his latest movie, “Frost/Nixon” where he plays Jack Brennan. The film directed by Ron Howard (remember, Richie Cunningham of Happy Days?). This film version of a Broadway play about the relationship of broadcaster David Frost (played by Michael Sheen) and former US president, Richard Nixon (Frank Langella).

Maybe, next time, Chief and I are in the East Coast, we can wake up early enough to catch the live broadcast of the show! Hopefully!

But these words are about Kevin’s online presence through six degrees.com which reaches out to people who have more in life to share with the majority who have less. Am sure there are many more portals that use technology to share life’s blessings with others.