On the other hand, it’s last in the region in watching TV in any form. It’s also Western Europe’s laggard in time spent on gaming, social/messaging, and broadcast TV, which makes sense considering its lackluster TV viewing stats. Belgium. For the second year running, Belgium leads Western Europe in recorded TV, despite posting a decrease in that activity.
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| Oct 30, 2023
South Africa spends at least 30 minutes more watching broadcast TV than the rest of the region. The country spends an average of 2:08 a day with broadcast TV, a figure that has remained consistent since the region started being surveyed in 2019. In contrast, the country’s time spent with online TV/streaming has fluctuated between 1:44 and 1:55 since 2021. United Arab Emirates.
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| Oct 30, 2023
Brazilian internet users spend more time than those in neighboring counties on PC/laptop/tablet, mobile, online TV/streaming, print press, online press, social/messaging, podcasts, and broadcast TV. In the latter category, Brazil ranks third in the Western hemisphere, behind the US (the global leader) and the UK. Brazil also leads Latin America in traditional TV viewing.
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| Oct 30, 2023
TV viewing and social media remain on top, while smartwatch ownership grows. Watching broadcast TV is the most popular activity (excluding device usage, such as time spent with mobile, PC, etc.). Central and Eastern Europe spends an average of 2:14 per day watching broadcast TV.
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| Oct 30, 2023
YouTube dominates US TV viewership, beating out Netflix, according to latest Nielsen data. US adults are spending more time with digital video and less time with traditional TV. TikTok leads time spent on social for most US adults.
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| Aug 13, 2024
Growing consumption of ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD)—on platforms like Netflix and Crave and free ad-supported streaming TV channels like PlutoTV, Roku, and Tubi—has also increased video ad spend. Click here to view our forecast on Canada digital ad spending by format. Search’s share of digital will be 42.1% in 2025. It’s been a decade since search held a larger share than display.
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| Apr 18, 2025
Most marketers budget for social media advertising separately from TV/video, but the rapid growth of ad-supported CTV subscription tiers and development of the underlying CTV ad tech mimic the early days of social. There are definite advantages to being an early mover. Balance social video ad investments with image ads.
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| Aug 15, 2023
Advertisers are fleeing traditional TV far more quickly than viewers are. TV will claim just 17.3% of all US ad spending this year, despite US adults still spending almost a quarter of their daily media time with old-fashioned cable, satellite, and broadcast TV services.
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| Jul 17, 2023
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| Jul 11, 2023
Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST), such as Pluto TV and Tubi. Ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD), such as The Roku Channel and ad-supported versions of subscription services like Netflix and Disney+. YouTube, which will have nearly 45% of its viewing time on CTVs. Digital live TV services, such as Hulu + Live TV.
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| Jun 12, 2023
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| Sep 5, 2024
Source: Precise TV; Giraffe Insights
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| Sep 5, 2024
Source: Precise TV; Giraffe Insights
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| Sep 5, 2024
Source: Giraffe Insights; Precise TV
Nielsen estimates show children ages 2 to 11 prefer YouTube over traditional TV and Disney+, viewing three times more YouTube content in April compared with Disney+. More on this: ĢAV data shows YouTube dominates social media usage among US children under 12, with 58% preferring it over TikTok (5.5%), Instagram (5%), Facebook (3.7%), and Snapchat (3.2%).
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| Jul 16, 2024
YouTube's US TV share reaches record 9.7% in May: The platforms surpasses Netflix and dominates streaming’s market share with nearly 25%.
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| Jul 1, 2024
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| Sep 3, 2024
Source: Nielsen
Overtaking traditional TV. In 2022, digital audio had 300,000 more monthly adult listeners than traditional TV had monthly adult viewers. This was the first time digital audio superseded TV among adults, and the gap will widen in 2023. But TV still has a slight lead among the entire population (including those ages 0 to 17). Spotify way out in front.
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| Mar 17, 2023
This age group’s TikTok time even tops its TV time, which first dropped below 1 hour in 2022 and will sink to 53 minutes this year. And it’s likely that many TV viewers are second-screening with TikTok. Millennials and Gen X are gobbling up tons of TikTok videos, too.
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| Feb 27, 2023
Just over two-thirds of TV content viewers ages 18 to 34 watch short-form videos and other non-TV content daily, according to April 2022 data from Horowitz Research. US adults will spend an average of 40 minutes per day watching social videos in 2023, we forecast. That amounts to more than 5% of daily media time.
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| Dec 19, 2022
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| Sep 11, 2024
Source: Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)
CTV accounts for more than a third of total TV time. The blend of CTV and linear TV is less and less perceptible for viewers. But it’s a distinction advertisers should grasp and plan around. Total TV time still favors linear over CTV by a 2:1 ratio. The gap continues to close, but TV’s sustained reach is unmatched. There will be 28.9 million TV viewers in Canada this year, according to our forecasts.
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| Jun 2, 2023
FAST is furiously turning to ads: Google TV is the latest to spy a major opportunity to sell CTV ads at affordable CPMs.
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| Jun 12, 2024
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Source: ĢAV Forecast
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Source: ĢAV Forecast