Viralance AI Video Report 2026 · updated November 12, 2026
AI video statistics 2026
Original numbers from 1,677 real AI video generations by 1,127 people on Viralance in 2026. Every statistic below is measured from our own generation records, states its sample size, and can be reused with a link to this page (CC BY 4.0).
Headline numbers
- of AI videos are vertical (9:16)
- 92%
- start from a photo (image-to-video)
- 54%
- median wait for a finished video
- 2.1 minutes
- of failures are content-policy refusals
- 79%
Format and length
- The Viralance AI Video Report 2026 found that the most common AI video length is 6 seconds (48% of clips), based on 1,677 generations.
- According to the Viralance AI Video Report 2026, 89% of AI-generated clips are 8 seconds or shorter, based on 1,677 generations.
- The Viralance AI Video Report 2026 found that 72% of AI videos are generated at 720p, 15% at 1080p and under 1% above 1080p, based on 1,450 generations.
How people start
- According to the Viralance AI Video Report 2026, the median new user requests a first AI video 2.1 minutes after signing up, and 89% do so within 10 minutes, based on 1,127 people.
How long AI video generation takes
- The Viralance AI Video Report 2026 found that an AI video takes a median of 2.1 minutes (129 seconds) to generate, and 90% finish within 3.5 minutes, based on 1,119 completed generations.
- In the Viralance AI Video Report 2026, among models with at least 50 generations, the fastest AI video model was MiniMax H3 Max Turbo with a median wait of 78 seconds (124 generations); the slowest was MiniMax H3 at 2.7 minutes (67 generations).
Why AI video generations fail
- According to the Viralance AI Video Report 2026, 8.6% of all AI video requests are refused by a content policy, based on 1,677 generations.
How long each AI video model takes
Median and 90th-percentile wait from pressing Generate to a finished video, for models with at least 25 generations in the Viralance AI Video Report 2026. Success rates and refusals per model are in the per-model reliability data.
| Model | Median wait | 90% finish within | Generations |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax H3 Max Turbo | 78 seconds | 1.7 minutes | 124 |
| VEO 3.1 Lite | 2.0 minutes | 3.1 minutes | 1019 |
| PixVerse V6 | 2.1 minutes | 2.5 minutes | 36 |
| VEO 3.1 Fast | 2.3 minutes | 3.0 minutes | 154 |
| Grok Imagine | 2.3 minutes | 3.6 minutes | 79 |
| MiniMax H3 | 2.7 minutes | 4.2 minutes | 67 |
| Kling 3.0 Standard | 2.7 minutes | 4.4 minutes | 26 |
| Hailuo 2.3 | 3.4 minutes | 7.5 minutes | 34 |
| Kling 3.0 Pro | 4.5 minutes | 7.4 minutes | 28 |
| Seedance 2.0 | 4.5 minutes | 9.6 minutes | 29 |
Method and limits
Source: Viralance's own generation records, 2026, last updated November 12, 2026. Included: text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video jobs from regular accounts. Excluded: test, admin, QA and internal accounts, accounts flagged for abuse, video-to-video tools, and 11 failures caused by our own integration bugs. Only aggregate numbers are published: no prompts, media or account data.
Each statistic states the number of generations it is based on. Aspect ratio is recorded for 722 generations and resolution for 1,450: older records did not store them, and an image-to-video clip takes the shape of its photo, so aspect ratio covers text and reference generations. Wait time runs from job submission to the moment the video was marked ready, which includes a short delivery hold and up to a minute of status-check delay.
Limits: this is one platform. People chose their own models and settings, but the create screen opens on vertical 9:16, 6 seconds and 720p, so those shares partly reflect what is preselected. New accounts start on a default model, and 60.8% of generations ran on VEO 3.1 Lite, so these numbers describe short-form, social-first AI video use and are not a census of the whole market. The page is updated in place as the sample grows.
Cite as: Viralance, "Viralance AI Video Report 2026", November 12, 2026, https://viralance.com/ai-video-statistics