YouTube has published its TV, movie and gameplay trailer leaderboard for Q3 on Think With Google. Infographic also attached. Full list and key findings follow.
YouTube Trailers Leaderboard
This list was curated with the same criteria as our monthly YouTube Ads Leaderboard - promotion (paid ads) and popularity (organic views). The trailers leaderboard includes content uploaded between 7/1/14 and 9/30/14.
It is the season for movie blockbusters as movie trailers dominate this edition of the Trailers Leaderboard. The Hobbit and THE HUNGER GAMES face off in this edition of the Trailers Leaderboard but with 2 placements on the Leaderboard, it looks like THE HUNGER GAMES is gearing up to be the blockbuster of the season. See the final standings below.
Stats:
107M views for the whole list (v. 93M last quarter)
168M minutes watched (v. 160M last quarter)
Avg view duration: 1:34 (77% of the video)
Most videos on this month's list are over 2:00 showing the continuing trend of the entertainment industry leveraging YouTube's platform to turn audiences into fans.
Infographic: Behind the Box Office: What Influences the Films We See
Google conducted a study with Millward Brown Digital to learn how moviegoers research and choose the films they watch. Combined with data from Google & YouTube, the infographic highlights the influence of trailers, the key decision factors by film genre, and the most popular movie-related questions we're asking.
Key Findings:
Official movie trailers are 3x more influential than any other source when consumers are deciding what movie to see
Views of movie-related content on YouTube heat up in the month prior to a film's release
70% of moviegoers consider more than one movie before deciding which one to see, while the key decision factor differs by genre:
People who saw dramas cared more about plot
People who saw comedies cared more about cast
People who saw horror films cared more about convenient showtimes
Positive who saw family films cared more about positive reviews
People who saw action flicks care more about the director