Marking Youtube’s its 1-year Google acquisition; TechCrunch compares Youtube and its numerous competitors. However, on the other side of the Pacific hides a dark horse - Tudou.com, the most popular online video website in China.

I just watched an interview of Tudou’s founders, Gary Wang and Marc Vander Chijs. Wang makes an interesting remark, stating that Todou serves 15 billion minutes per month as opposed to Youtube’s 3.5 billion.

A big contributor to Tudou’s numbers could be its copyrighted content. Wang does state that its users often use the site as they would use a TV. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a couple of American movies or TV series on that site. Youtube was largely the same in its early days. While the page views of Tudou are probably less, it is growing exponential. Watch out for this major player.

After talking to Europeans, I realized the general consensus seems to be that American companies tend to be very slow when expanding to foreign markets. I think it’s important for entrepreneurs to get themselves familiar with the Chinese internet market. Not only is it such a huge market, it’s definitely going to be a major influence the industry.

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