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Bill Johnson

25 Video Facts for 2017


On this blog we have stressed the reasons why video is so important to your marketing strategy. As we start a new year we thought it would be helpful to provide some interesting data points about the impact video has had and will continue to have in 2017.

Impact of Video

  • 8M words is the estimated value of one minute of video. - Forrester Research

  • 45%of Internet users view at least one online video over the course of a month. - comScore

  • 100M Internet users watch online video every day. – Video Brewery

  • By 2019, online video will be responsible for four-fifths of global Internet traffic. In the US alone, online video will be responsible for 85% of domestic Internet traffic. – Tubular Insights

  • “How to” searches on YouTube are up 70%year-over-year. - Hubspot

Video Marketing and Advertising

  • 4X as many consumers would rather watch a video about a product than read about it. - Hubspot

  • 75%of executives watch work-related videos on business websites at least once a week. - Insivia

  • According to Forbes, 59%of executives would rather watch a video than read text. - Forbes

  • 96% of B2B organizations are using video as part of their online marketing and 73% of B2B organizations report positive ROI from video marketing. - Tubular Insights, Insivia

  • According to a report published by Forrester, including video in an email leads to a whopping 200-300%increase in click-through rate and an introductory email that includes a video improves an increased click-through rate by 96%. - Forrester, Business2Community

  • 23%of people who have been presented with a poor quality video experience would hesitate to purchase from that brand. - KZO

  • Companies using video enjoy 41%more web traffic from search than non-users. - Hubspot

  • 52%of marketing professionals worldwide name video as the type of content with the best ROI. - Hubspot

  • 62%of consumers are more likely to have a negative perception of a brand that publishes poor-quality video. - Hubspot

  • Video drives a 157%increase in organic traffic from search engines. - Hubspot

  • Combining video with full-page ads boosts engagement by 22%. - Insivia

  • Businesses using video grow company revenue 49%faster year-over-year than organizations without video. - Hubspot

  • By 2016 video ad spending will reach$5.4 Billion. - Break Media.

  • Digital marketing spend will grow from $57.29 billion in 2014 to $103.37 billion in 2019. – Ironpaper

Social and Mobile Video

  • 92%of mobile video consumers share videos with others. - Invodo.

  • Video on social media generates 1,200%more shares than text and images combined. - Hubspot

  • 40%of consumers state that video increases the chance they’ll purchase a product on their mobile device. - Hubspot

  • Mobile and tablet shoppers are 300%more likely to view a video than laptop/desktop users. - Singlegrain

  • Online video is about 50%of all mobile traffic. - Singlegrain

  • YouTube reports mobile video consumption rises 100%every year. - Insivia

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