Vidmeter Explained

Vidmeter
Company Type:	Web software company
Founded:	2007
Location City:	San Diego, California
Founder:	Bri Holt
Industry:	Internet

Vidmeter was a viral video analytics service that launched in 2007. The site tracked the top 100 Internet videos across multiple Internet video websites such as YouTube and Vimeo.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} During the lawsuit Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., Vidmeter published a study showing Viacom videos accounted for a relatively small portion of YouTube's view count.^{[6] [7]} In 2008, Vidmeter was acquired by Visible Measures for an undisclosed sum.^[8]

Notes and References

1. News: Liz. Gannes. Where to Find Good Video: Vidmeter. GigaOm. January 2, 2007. June 11, 2023. May 19, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519040657/https://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/where-to-find-good-video-vidmeter/. bot: unknown.
2. News: Adam. Pash. Keep up with online video at Vidmeter. Lifehacker. January 17, 2007.
3. News: Bialik. Carl. Counting Internet Users Remains a Guessing Game (Paywalled). The Wall Street Journal. January 5, 2007.
4. News: Pete. Cashmore. Vidmeter Tracker: Track Videos on MySpace, YouTube, Metacafe. Mashable. February 18, 2007.
5. News: Dan. Mitchell. YouTube's Favorite Clips (Paywalled). The New York Times. April 7, 2007.
6. News: Adario. Strange. The Truthiness Of Viacom's Lawsuit. WIRED. April 4, 2007.
7. News: John. Biggs. Viacom Videos Bored YouTube Viewers. TechCrunch. April 4, 2007.
8. News: Joseph . Weisenthal . Visible Measures Gets $13.5 Million Second Round; Acquires Vidmeter For Video Tracking . PaidContent.org . January 28, 2008 . June 11, 2023 . February 21, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221023815/http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-visible-measures-gets-135-million-second-round-acquires-vidmeter-for-vi/ . dead.