Analysts: Online video viewing up 13% in December

Maybe the cold weather had something to do with it, and maybe the ever worsening economy. In any case, online video viewing increased a record 13% in December versus November of last year, according to analysts at comScore. During December, viewers watched 14.3 million videos online, with YouTube accounting for 49% of the incremental gain.

In fact, considerably more videos (41%) got viewed on Google Sites than anywhere else, with 99% of the viewing on those sites happening on YouTube. Fox Interactive Media took second place, at 3.1%, followed by Yahoo Sites at 2.3%, and Viacom Digital at 2.0%. Microsoft Sites and Hulu.com tied for fifth place, each with 1.7%. Also placing in the rankings were AOL with 1.4%, Turner Network, 1.3%; Disney Online, 1.0%; and ESPN, 0.7%.