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70 Video Marketing Statistics, Facts & Figures For 2021

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Video marketing is not a new trend by any means. Recent research shows that 63% of businesses were using videos in their marketing strategies.

Yet video marketing seems to increase in both use and popularity year on year. In 2020-21, with coronavirus shifting business strategies worldwide, video marketing has become a more vital resource than ever.

In fact, the latest research shows that video marketers currently earn 66% of their qualified leads through video.

It’s no surprise at all that 99% of marketers will continue to use video marketing in 2021.

Whether you already use video marketing in your business or not, it’s worth checking out these video marketing statistics.

As well as illustrating the status of video marketing in 2021, we’re going to give you some ways to get ahead with video marketing in the coming years too.

Video Marketeing Statistics

It’s important to start by taking a look at what the video marketing experts have to say! Whether you’ve been using video marketing for years or are just beginning, these stats provide key benchmarks to consider.

1. 96% of marketers have placed ad spend on a video.

2. The video marketing industry is worth $135billion in the US alone.

3. 88% of marketers are happy with the ROI they see from video marketing.

4. By 2022, videos will make up 82% of all consumer traffic.

5. 72% of all videos created are explainer videos.

6. 92% of marketers feel that the competition in video marketing has increased in the last year.

7. 80% of video marketers say that video has helped directly increase sales.

8. 73% of videos are two minutes or less.

9. There are over 300 hours of video uploaded to the internet every minute.

10. Video is now the most popular form of content in content marketing strategies.

From this data, it’s clear that the video marketing space is becoming increasingly crowded. It’s also clear that, with an overwhelming amount of video content on the internet, companies are going to have to do more to stand out in the coming years.

Nevertheless, with such a high percentage of marketers speaking positively of the ROI they see from video marketing, standing out and getting results is clearly still easily achievable. The key to this is in giving the audience exactly what they want to see.

Video Marketing Audience Statistics

As with any form of marketing, it’s important to track the reaction of your audience to your video content. With people stuck at home during the Coronavirus pandemic, there is a large audience waiting to watch video content at every moment…  11. 78% of people watch videos online every week and 55% of those people watch videos online every day. 12. People watch an average of 16 hours of online video per week. 13. 72% of people prefer learning about a product or service through video content. 14. Users watch videos on mobile 1.5 times more than on desktop. 15. Business-related videos are watched on desktop 87% of the time and 22% of business video views happen on a Thursday. 16. Users spend 88% more time browsing on websites that incorporate video content. 17. 87% of video marketers say that video has increased traffic to their site. 18. Viewers retain 90% of a message when they learn it through a video. 19. 92% of mobile users share videos with others. 20. 46% of users act after watching a video. 21. Making your videos entertaining to viewers results in a 97% increase in purchase intent. 22. Videos are shared on social media 1200% more than image or text posts. With a huge audience watching a huge amount of video content, the question is simply how to capture their attention. As well as optimizing videos for viewers preferred devices, it’s clear that creating videos that are widely shareable is important.  It’s also important to optimize video content for each social media platform it is posted on. In the next few sections, we’ll go into the major social media platforms for video marketing.