64%

of shoppers who watch online videos to inform their purchase say new formats like 360° video would convince them to buy a car without a test drive.

Google/Kantar TNS, U.S., The Drive to Decide Survey, n=500 recent car buyers, 2018.

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Watch time of “test drive” videos on YouTube has grown by more than 65% in the past two years.
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92%

of car buyers research online before they buy.
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Branded auto videos on YouTube grew from a 4% monthly share of views to 7% YOY.
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73%

of brand-owned videos are under one minute long.
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64%

of creator videos are over 10 minutes long.
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14 X

more review videos feature test drives on YouTube than any other type of auto review video.
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