According to a survey conducted in India in March 2023, among the respondents that consumed news on YouTube, 25 percent always consumed news on Shorts making it the leading video format. Meanwhile, the share of respondents that sometimes consumed news on YouTube was equal across formats. In-depth videos were the lesser consumed format.
Frequency of news consumption on YouTube in India as of March 2023, by type
with additional qualitative and quantitative analyses across eight Indian languages
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "How often do you ... when consuming news online on YouTube?
Watch Shorts (videos under 60 seconds)
Watch mid-form videos (1-7 minutes long)
Watch in-depth videos (longer)"
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People's Archive of Rural India. (May 3, 2023). Frequency of news consumption on YouTube in India as of March 2023, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406283/india-youtube-video-news-consumption-by-type/
People's Archive of Rural India. "Frequency of news consumption on YouTube in India as of March 2023, by type." Chart. May 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406283/india-youtube-video-news-consumption-by-type/
People's Archive of Rural India. (2023). Frequency of news consumption on YouTube in India as of March 2023, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406283/india-youtube-video-news-consumption-by-type/
People's Archive of Rural India. "Frequency of News Consumption on Youtube in India as of March 2023, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406283/india-youtube-video-news-consumption-by-type/
People's Archive of Rural India, Frequency of news consumption on YouTube in India as of March 2023, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406283/india-youtube-video-news-consumption-by-type/ (last visited November 18, 2024)
Frequency of news consumption on YouTube in India as of March 2023, by type [Graph], People's Archive of Rural India, May 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406283/india-youtube-video-news-consumption-by-type/