Tubular Labs Ranks the Top Video Brands and Influencers in December 2015

Buzzfeed and Tastemade Dominate the Top 10 Facebook Video Publishers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--()--Tubular Labs, Inc., the worldwide leader in online video intelligence, today released rankings for the most watched online video creators in December 2015. Creator rankings include publishers, brands and influencers.

Buzzfeed’s Tasty is back on top this month with 1B views and 5.6% engagement. The Ellen Show dropped to 4th place with a still strong 617M cross-platform views. Justin Bieber held on to his #2 rank, while news sites, NowThisNews (with 600 million views) and AJ+ (596 million views) both jumped 14 places to claim the #5 and #6 spots. Digital news continues to perform very well on Facebook.

Tubular also released rankings of the Top 25 Video Brand “Viewmakers,” the brands generating the most video views online. Red Bull swept past LEGO to take the #1 rank with 220M views. Clash of Titans jumped 18 spots to take the #4 spot. GoPro had the highest engagement rating in the top ten at 2.7%. In the most Watched US TV Brands category, Ellen, WWE and America’s Funniest Home Videos stayed strong, maintaining their #1, 2 and 3 spots from last month. Not surprisingly, with the Super Bowl approaching, NFL jumped 7 spots to claim the #7 spot. The James Corden Show posted a high engagement rating of 6.1% with 7 of its top 10 videos including the band One Direction.

Additional findings and the rankings are below.

Overall

  • The top 100 video brands and influencers together generated 37.5 billion total cross-platform views in December, up 4% from November 2015.

Facebook

  • In December, Buzzfeed widens its hold on the top ten - claiming four of the top ten spots on the Facebook Video Rankings (Tasty, Buzzfeed Video, Buzzfeed Food, and Story of My Life). Tastemade also performs well on Facebook, claiming two of the top ten spots (Tastemade and Tastemade Brasil).

Instagram

  • Justin Bieber fell to the #3 spot this month, giving the #1 spot to the NBA which jumped two places from November.

YouTube

  • Justin Bieber maintained his #1 spot from last month while Adele dropped to #3. WWE, climbed four places to claim the #2 spot. Children’s and Toy content continues to dominate the YouTube rankings with Little Baby Bum, Ryan ToysReview, Baby Big Mouth, and Fun Toyz Collector all in the top ten.
Top 10 Overall Video Creators (Global, All Device, Brands or Influencers Creating Original Content)
December 2015

Source: Tubular Video Intelligence

 
Rank   Creator   December   December   New   Genre
        Views   Engagements   Followers    
1  

Buzzfeed Tasty

  1B   2.7%   4.1M   Food
2  

Justin Bieber

  941M   5.6%   7.5M   Music
3  

Buzzfeed Video

  671M   2.2%   824K   Entertainment
4  

Ellen Show

  617M   2.3%   2.7M   Entertainment
5  

NowThisNews

  608M   2.1%   844K   News
6  

AJ+

  596M   2.2%   613K   News
7  

WWE

  543M   2.0%   1.7M   Entertainment
8  

Buzzfeed Food

  497M   2.8%   1.9M   Food
9  

Adele

  473M   --   3.1M   Music
10  

Tip Hero

  473M   3.1%   1.7M   Food
 
Top 10 YouTube Video Creators (Global, All Device, Brands or Influencers Creating Original Content)
December 2015

Source: Tubular Video Intelligence

 
Rank   Creator   December   December   New   Genre
        Views   Engagements   Subscribers    
1  

Justin Bieber

  866M   --   1.4M   Music
2  

WWE

  483M   1.5%   451K   Entertainment
3  

Adele

  470M   --   1.1M   Music
4  

Ryan ToysReview

  465M   0.1%   248K   Kids & Family
5  

Netdmuzikk

  459M   0.4%   306K   Kids & Family
6  

Little Baby Bum

  452M   0.0%   317K   Kids & Family
7  

Family Fun Pack

  435M   0.3%   189K   Kids & Family
8  

Netdmuzikk

  422M   3.4%   154K   Music
9  

Baby Big Mouth

  409M   0.2%   257K   Kids & Family
10  

T-Series

  399M   1.7%   301K   Music
 
Top 10 Facebook Video Creators (Global, All Device, Brands or Influencers Creating Original Content)
December 2015

Source: Tubular Video Intelligence

 
Rank   Creator   December   December   New   Genre
        Views   Engagements   Followers    
1  

Tasty (Buzzfeed)

  1B   2.7%   4.1M   Food
2  

NowThisNews

  601M   2.2%   871K   News
3  

AJ+

  592M   2.2%   636K   News
4  

Buzzfeed Food

  495M   2.9%   1.9M   Food
5  

Tip Hero

  472M   3.2%   1.8M   Food
6  

Tastemade

  436M   2.3%   1.3M   Food
7  

Buzzfeed Video

  337M   2.0%   396K   Entertainment
8  

Tastemade Brasil

  334M   3.0%   1.4M   Food
9  

Story of my Life (by Buzzfeed)

  255M   2.0%   344K   Entertainment
10  

Ellen Show

  255M   2.6%   417K   Entertainment
 
Top 10 Global Brands (Global, All Device, Creating Original Content)
December 2015

Source: Tubular Video Intelligence

 
Rank   Creator   December   December   New   Genre
        Views   Engagements   Followers    
1  

Red Bull

  220M   2.4%   440K   Food & Drink
2  

LEGO

  189M   0.3%   306K   Toys
3  

Walmart

  120M   1.0%   71K   Retail
4  

Clash of Clans

  99M   1.2%   1.7M   Gaming
5  

Angry Birds

  73M   0.4%   87K   Gaming
6  

EDEKA

  56M   0.9%   63K   Retail
7  

Samsung Mobile

  54M   1.3%   174K   Telecom
8  

Coca-Cola

  54M   0.3%   1.9M   Food & Drink
9  

GoPro

  53M   2.7%   582K   Tech
10  

Louis Vuitton

  48M   0.2%   654K   Retail
 
Top 10 TV Brands (Global, All Device, Creating Original Content)
December 2015

Source: Tubular Video Intelligence

 
Rank   Creator   December   December   New   Genre
        Views   Engagements   Followers    
1  

Ellen Show

  617M   2.4%   2.7M   Entertainment
2  

WWE

  543M   2.3%   1.7M   Entertainment
3  

America's Funniest Home Videos

  391M   2.2%   494K   Comedy
4  

NBA

  388M   2.1%   978K   Sports
5  

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  326M   2.9%   700K   Entertainment
6  

CNN

  198M   1.9%   745K   News
7  

NFL

  193M   2.0%   581K   Sports
8  

Fox News

  178M   3.8%   217K   News
9  

Saturday Night Live

  162M   2.3%   382K   Comedy
10  

Jimmy Kimmel Live

  145M   1.7%   255K   Entertainment
 

Links to Tubular December Rankings

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/cross-platform/

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/youtube/

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/facebook/

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/facebook-compilations

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/vine/

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/instagram/

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/brands

https://tubularlabs.com/rank/us-tv-brands/

Rankings of top 25 online video creators and brands for the months of April-November are available upon request.

To learn more or inquire about custom rankings: Request a demo of Tubular Video Intelligence

About Tubular Labs, Inc.

Tubular Labs is the worldwide leader in online video intelligence, serving over 4,000 video creators and 90+ enterprise customers to date, including Viacom, Warner Bros., HGTV, Activision, elf Cosmetics, Pepsi, AwesomenessTV, Maker Studios and Fullscreen. Tubular's audience and content insights empower our customers to refine their content and distribution strategy, find and partner with influencers, and optimize their promotion budgets. Only Tubular analyzes the engagement of over 400 million viewers and tracks 1.6 billion videos across 29 platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Instagram, AOL and Yahoo.

Contacts

Tubular Labs, Inc.
Marjaneh Ravai, 650-346-3756
marjaneh@tubularlabs.com

Release Summary

Tubular releases video rankings for the month of December.

Contacts

Tubular Labs, Inc.
Marjaneh Ravai, 650-346-3756
marjaneh@tubularlabs.com