4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, with the video request, requesting client property data identifying properties of a client application the video request was received from; and storing the client property data, recipient data, and ancillary data regarding the video request in a viewed message database.
6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising: receiving a request for a summary view of video messaging data; and providing a statistical summary of messages sent and watched with regard to messages sent by at least one sender, the statistical summary generated based at least in part on data stored in the viewed message database.