Regardless of the provider they use, U.S. consumers stream all types of genres. How has the popularity of documentaries as online video content genre in the U.S. changed over the past years? Comparing the values for 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q4, the share of consumers in the United States has stayed consistent at 48 percent. This contrasts with the overall trend, which is characterized by fluctuating values.
While documentary watchers were showing this development in the recent past, many other genres had peaks and valleys in popularity, possibly due to a constant stream of new hit shows being hyped among viewers. Amidst streaming wars and password sharing breakdowns, many suppliers are expanding their catalogues to garner even bigger audiences. To see what type of content Netflix and their rivals should invest into next, we gathered the overview of the preferred digital video content by genre in the U.S. benchmarking documentary watchers among other genres. The survey was conducted online among 3675 to 8858 respondents per quarter in the United States, between 2019 and 2023. Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than 2,000,000 interviews.
Popularity of documentaries as online video content genre in the U.S. 2019-2023 as of June 2024, by quarter
During the survey, the question "In general, which types of films or shows do you watch as online content?" has been answered with "Documentaries".
Each update contains the interviews of the last 12 months. If you are looking for further details you can find more information in the methodology for the Statista Consumer Insights.
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