# Vidmeter

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**Vidmeter** was a [viral video](/source/Viral_video) analytics service that launched in 2007. The site tracked the top 100 Internet videos across multiple [Internet video](/source/Internet_video) websites such as [YouTube](/source/YouTube) and [Vimeo](/source/Vimeo).[1][2][3][4][5] During the lawsuit [Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.](/source/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]

## References

1. Gannes, Liz (January 2, 2007). ["Where to Find Good Video: Vidmeter"](https://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/where-to-find-good-video-vidmeter/). *GigaOm*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140519040657/https://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/where-to-find-good-video-vidmeter/) May 19, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 11, 2023.

1. Pash, Adam (January 17, 2007). ["Keep up with online video at Vidmeter"](http://lifehacker.com/229338/keep-up-with-online-video-at-vidmeter). *Lifehacker*

1. Carl, Bialik (January 5, 2007). ["Counting Internet Users Remains a Guessing Game (Paywalled)"](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116792524693567159). *The Wall Street Journal*

1. Cashmore, Pete (February 18, 2007). ["Vidmeter Tracker: Track Videos on MySpace, YouTube, Metacafe"](http://mashable.com/2007/02/18/vidmeter/). *Mashable*

1. Mitchell, Dan (April 7, 2007). ["YouTube's Favorite Clips (Paywalled)"](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/technology/07online.html). *The New York Times*

1. Strange, Adario (April 4, 2007). ["The Truthiness Of Viacom's Lawsuit"](https://www.wired.com/2007/04/title/). *WIRED*

1. Biggs, John (April 4, 2007). ["Viacom Videos Bored YouTube Viewers"](https://techcrunch.com/2007/04/04/viacom-videos-bored-youtube-viewers/). *TechCrunch*

1. Weisenthal, Joseph (January 28, 2008). ["Visible Measures Gets $13.5 Million Second Round; Acquires Vidmeter For Video Tracking"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090221023815/http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-visible-measures-gets-135-million-second-round-acquires-vidmeter-for-vi/). *PaidContent.org*. Archived from [the original](http://paidcontent.org/entry/419-visible-measures-gets-135-million-second-round-acquires-vidmeter-for-vi) on February 21, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2023.

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