YouTube held an average of ~97% of SOHO video bandwidth across four pre-block traces. On the block day (18 Sep 2012) this dropped to 15.8%, with DailyMotion absorbing ~82% of 'Others' traffic. Eleven months later (Aug 2013), YouTube's unencrypted video share reached 0%, with Tune.pk at 57.6% and DailyMotion at 40.9% of total video bandwidth, reflecting a durable market reallocation among video platforms.
From 2014-khattak-look — A Look at the Consequences of Internet Censorship Through an ISP Lens
· §7.1, Table 8
· 2014
· Internet Measurement Conference
Implications
Broad blocking of a dominant platform creates immediate, durable traffic migration to alternates — circumvention tools should pre-configure alternative endpoints so users are not stranded when a primary provider is blocked.
Because demand migrates rather than disappearing, censors face ongoing pressure to expand blocklists to substitutes; protocol designs should assume censor blacklists will grow and must support rapid server rotation.