Vidmeter
{{Short description|Viral video analytics service}}
{{Infobox company
| name = 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.{{cite news
| first = Liz
| last = Gannes
| title = Where to Find Good Video: Vidmeter
| url = https://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/where-to-find-good-video-vidmeter/
| newspaper = GigaOm
| date = January 2, 2007
| access-date = June 11, 2023
| archive-date = May 19, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140519040657/https://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/where-to-find-good-video-vidmeter/
| url-status = bot: unknown
| first = Adam
| last = Pash
| title = Keep up with online video at Vidmeter
| url = http://lifehacker.com/229338/keep-up-with-online-video-at-vidmeter
| newspaper = Lifehacker
| date = January 17, 2007
| first = Bialik
| last = Carl
| title = Counting Internet Users Remains a Guessing Game (Paywalled)
| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116792524693567159
| newspaper = The Wall Street Journal
| date = January 5, 2007
| first = Pete
| last = Cashmore
| title = Vidmeter Tracker: Track Videos on MySpace, YouTube, Metacafe
| url = http://mashable.com/2007/02/18/vidmeter/
| newspaper = Mashable
| date = February 18, 2007
| first = Dan
| last = Mitchell
| title = YouTube's Favorite Clips (Paywalled)
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/technology/07online.html
| newspaper = The New York Times
| date = April 7, 2007
}} 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.{{cite news
| first = Adario
| last = Strange
| title = The Truthiness Of Viacom's Lawsuit
| url = https://www.wired.com/2007/04/title/
| newspaper = WIRED
| date = April 4, 2007
| first = John
| last = Biggs
| title = Viacom Videos Bored YouTube Viewers
| url = https://techcrunch.com/2007/04/04/viacom-videos-bored-youtube-viewers/
| newspaper = TechCrunch
| date = April 4, 2007
}} In 2008, Vidmeter was acquired by Visible Measures for an undisclosed sum.{{cite news
|first = Joseph
|last = Weisenthal
|title = Visible Measures Gets $13.5 Million Second Round; Acquires Vidmeter For Video Tracking
|url = http://paidcontent.org/entry/419-visible-measures-gets-135-million-second-round-acquires-vidmeter-for-vi
|newspaper = PaidContent.org
|date = January 28, 2008
|access-date = June 11, 2023
|archive-date = February 21, 2009
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090221023815/http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-visible-measures-gets-135-million-second-round-acquires-vidmeter-for-vi/
|url-status = dead
}}