By 2022, online videos will make up more than 82% of all consumer internet traffic which is 15 times higher than 2017. More stats and insights included.
In today’s ever-changing world of technology, video is coming in fast and hard to dominate both the entertainment and marketing space. With multiple devices to choose from — from mobile to tablet, desktop to streaming video on our televisions, more and more people are not only using video to make purchasing decisions, but also changing the way they receive their entertainment. The days of “Prime Time” are over.
47% of 17 to 49 year olds consider themselves “light” traditional television viewers, and 27% do not watch traditional television at all.
Where are folks getting their entertainment? According to Statista, YouTube is king, with Netflix coming in at a close second when it comes to streaming entertainment.
The preference for video content is not just limited to streaming online movies and shows or watching YouTube video clips, video is now extending into brands with studies showing that consumers (over 50%) are interested in video content from brands or businesses that they support (HubSpot, 2018).
Facing the growing demand by users for more visual content, more brands are building video into their marketing strategy to build sales, brand awareness, trust, and a growing customer base. Platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook are the most common.
Share of market
Up from 63% last year, 81% of businesses have incorporated video into their marketing strategy, and more than 83% of marketers attest that video content has the best ROI. (Hubspot)
Facebook is growing in video use with 81% of businesses preferring Facebook for their video marketing. (Buffer)
Every week, 24.3% of companies publish videos. (Buffer)
Of all global consumer internet traffic video made up 75% in 2017 (Cisco).
Increased reach with video
Compared to just a text and image, social video produces 1200% more shares. (G2 Crowd)
After 30 seconds, 33% of viewers will stop watching a video, 45% before that one minute is up, and 60% of viewers will stop watching by two minutes. (Ad Age)
Sales benefits
When it comes retention, videos are key with a claimed 95% of viewers retaining the message of a video, versus just 10% of message retention with text only. And when it comes to calls-to-action (CTA), 95% are more likely to remember it after watching a video, versus just 10% when the CTA comes in a text format. (Forbes 2017)
Facebook stories are taking root with 62% of people claiming they were more interested in a product after seeing it in a Facebook Story.
Looking to get your website to the top of a Google search? Websites with video are 53X more likely to land on the front page of a Google search.
Conversions rates jump to 80% when landing pages include video. (Unbounce)
Webpages with video increase time spent on the page by 2.6X. (Wistia)
Versus one year ago, 71% of people spend more time watching video online. (HubSpot)
Popular streaming video sites
YouTube
From cat videos to beauty video blogs, to “how-to” videos. YouTube is the second most trafficked website, after Google. But not only can it be used to entertain, but it can also be used to access and market your brand to your audience in a space they’re already in. Branded video content has increased 99% since June of 2017, and 87% or marketers have published video content to YouTube as of 2018 (Wyzowl). Another 40% of millennials trust YouTube content, and 60% say that the content has changed their worldview. Almost half of YouTube video consumption is made through a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet.
Key stats
65% of people use YouTube to help them solve a problem.
1/3 of people on the internet are YouTube users (over one billion users).
Users view more than one billion hours of video each day on YouTube.
Facebook
While YouTube still holds the lead, Facebook is quickly becoming a popular destination to watch videos, with over 500 million people watching 100 million hours of video every day (TechCrunch)
Key stats
85% of Facebook video is watched with the sound turned off (Digiday)
Native videos on Facebook have a 10 times higher reach compared to YouTube links (Socialbakers)
Netflix
We’ve all heard of Netflix and chill – and it is pretty chill that Netflix is the number one paid streaming video provider. While it does fall behind YouTube on average – considering that it’s a paid service with 72.9 million monthly users, that’s nothing to balk at. And accessible in over 200 countries, its traffic share is easily seen as the top video streaming site in the world.
What are some key insights, and best practices when it comes to incorporating video into your marketing platform? The above article gave you a fairly accurate picture of how your audience is consuming video, and the way in which you create your videos should be directly tied to that, not only with how your videos are created and presented but also the way in which they will perform best.
Key insights
The top three most effective types of video content are customer testimonials (51%), tutorial videos (50%), and demonstration videos (49%). (Forbes)
Nearly two-thirds of consumers prefer video under 60 seconds. (Bitable)
By 2022, online videos will make up more than 82% of all consumer internet traffic — 15 times higher than it was in 2017. (Cisco)
By 2020 there will be close to one million minutes of video crossing the internet per second. (Cisco)
Nearly four-fifths (79 percent) of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video by 2022. (Cisco)
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