Video consumption among children in France 2017-2023, by platform

As of 2023, 76 percent of French children aged 4 to 14 consumed video content on SVOD platforms. Only six years earlier, that value amounted to 25 percent of children of that age before skyrocketing during the pandemic. On the other hand, children watching live TV slightly decreased over that same period of time.

TV shows consumption

Thanks to the success of video streaming platforms, watching TV shows has become a common past time for many people in France. In 2023, 55 percent of 15 to 24-year-olds reported watching TV shows regularly. Big hits such as Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and MAX’s “Game of Thrones” became cultural events and representative of a new kind of prestige productions created for the small screen.

Digital takes over video consumption

The share of young French people going to the cinema is shrinking every year, while less than a quarter of moviegoers were 60 or older as of January 2024. Online alternatives have gotten increasingly popular over the past decade, especially when it comes to watching video content. As of 2023, almost half of French viewers reported watching TV shows online, about 20 percentage points more than ten years ago.