Consumers' feelings on impact of WGA strike on content in the U.S. 2023

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Julia Stoll,
Dec 4, 2024
The majority of U.S. consumers in a May 2023 survey were in particular worried about TV show delays or cancellations due to the writers strike, with 39 percent of them stating to be more worried about TV shows than about movies. Nearly one in three respondents were equally worried about TV shows and movies, while 28 percent were not concerned at all.
On May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike as more than 11,000 writers demanded higher pay, fairer contracts, as well as provisions on AI such as ChatGPT.

Feelings of consumers about how the writers strike might impact different types of content in the United States as of May 2023

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Equally worried about
TV shows and movies		 32%
More worried about movies 1%
More worried about TV shows 39%
Not worried at all 28%
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Release date

May 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

May 12 to 15, 2023

Number of respondents

1,420 respondents

Age group

13 years and older

Special properties

TV time users

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