Video

Video is and always will be the killer app of communication.   We are born to relate and respond to the human face.  Only video can deliver your message by combining  verbal, non-verbal–audio and image–to express personality, emotion, response, humanity in such a meaningful and memorable way.    The very way our minds are wired to receive it.

That is why there will always be one core component essential to success in communications and marketing, and that component is video.

Today, distribution is literally at your fingertip at the press of a button.  The one that says upload. 

Google Trends finds that users are searching for video more than either shopping or news.

 Social-Media-Optimization.com recently put together a list of the 10 top video sites according to Quantcast.

Top Ten Video Networking Sites

 

YouTube.com

  • 62 million monthly uniques
  • 51% female
  • 73% between 18-24 years
  • 51% earn over $60k a year
  • 53% have attended college or graduate school

Dailymotion.com

  • 48 million monthly uniques
  • 60% male

Metacafe.com

  • 27 million monthly uniques
  • 61% male
  • 23% between the ages of 25-34
  • 36% earn $30-60k a year

Imeem.com

  • 21 million monthly uniques

Vids.MySpace.com

  • 10 million monthly uniques
  • 57% female
  • 38% under 24
  • 6 million monthly uniques
  • 71% Caucasian
  • 53% male

Video.MSN.com

  • 2.7 million monthly uniques
  • 52% over age 45
  • 51% female

Video.Yahoo.com

  • 2 million monthly uniques
  • 31% ages 18-24
  • 56% male

Livevideo.com

  • 1.7 million monthly uniques
  • 60% male
  • 23% ages 35-44
  • 66% earn 30-100k a year

Blip.tv

  • 1.4 million monthly uniques
  • 61% male

Searchforvideo.com

  • 561k monthly uniques
  • 57% male
  • 53% earn over $60k a year