Comedy Dominates Movie and TV Viewership

November 21 is World Television Day. Created by the United Nations back in 1996, it was intended to recognize the growing impact television had on informing and educating the general public as well as connecting people around the world and influencing decision-making.

To mark it, we are looking at different nations’ viewing habits. Data from a survey by Statista’s Consumer Insights shows how TV audiences have varying preferences based on geography. Where the comedy genre was particularly popular among French, U.S., Indian and German viewers, documentaries were most popular in Finland and Brazil. In the United Kingdom, comedy was tied with dramas, with 61 percent of respondents saying that they watched the respective genres. 

In India, the next most popular genres were sport (54 percent), music videos and shows (53 percent), followed by thrillers/mysteries/crimes (49 percent) and horror (49 percent).