Could Facebook Video Be Serious Competition To Youtube?

[Guest]

Facebook having billion-plus users in its back pocket, the company has the confidence to challenge even the likes of Google and its video outlet, YouTube.Facebook started allowing its users to embed a Facebook video on other sites just like YouTube. This has been one of Google’s undisputed domains, and while many other sites provide similar services, none of them have the numbers of Facebook.New market research released by London-based Ampere Analysis reveals why Facebook video really could be a threat to YouTube. According to the report, the social network and video platform is making some impressive gains, considering it started not too long ago.

[Priyanka]

Both sites have a similar number of monthly users, with Facebook at 1.4 billion and YouTube at 1.3 billion. However, the early lead YouTube had in this segment gives it three trillion views a month compared to Facebook’s two trillion.

[Daljeet]

Very interesting survey.I didn’t know that FB has so much traffic with its videos.

[NehaChandaliya]

In spite of Facebook’s rapid gain, YouTube is still the marketing platform that offers the greater flexibility, by giving marketers their own space to run video ads, be it before, during or after the user has seen a video.

[shilparana]

For the longest time, there was little doubt that YouTube was the king of all Internet videos. But the site is getting some serious competition from Facebook, especially since the social media site started allowing users to embed their videos pretty much anywhere they wanted.