Jul 31, 2008 | Broadcast & Cable, Media & Entertainment, Television
The top 5 categories of videos watched online are all short-form – comedy, music videos, videos shot and uploaded by consumers, news stories and movie previews – according to a Frank N. Magid Associates survey conducted for Metacafe. Moreover, 28% of those...Jul 31, 2008 | Analytics, Automated & MarTech, Social Media, Youth & Gen X
Nearly half of all Americans (46%) have used the internet, email, or cell-phone text messaging to get news about the presidential campaign, share their views, or mobilize others, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Younger voters...Jul 31, 2008 | Retail & E-Commerce, Videogames
Total US online retail sales (excluding travel) reached approximately $31 billion in Q2, and though year-over-year e-commerce growth rebounded slightly in April (up 15%) after a soft March, growth slowed somewhat in May (up 12%) and June (up 11%), according to...Jul 31, 2008 | Broadcast & Cable, Media & Entertainment, Radio, Television
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique...