On average, adults in the United States spent 226 minutes per day using apps or the web on a smartphone for the first quarter of 2020, up from 181 minutes per day in the previous quarter. The second most popular form of media was live TV, with 223 minutes per day reported for the average American adult.
Daily time spent with selected media in the United States from 2nd quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2020
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Characteristic
Live TV
DVR/Time-shifted TV
AM/FM radio
DVD/Blu-Ray device
Game console
Multimedia device
Internet on a PC
App/web on a smartphone
App/web on a tablet
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Nielsen. (August 13, 2020). Daily time spent with selected media in the United States from 2nd quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2020 (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/246698/daily-time-spent-with-tv-in-the-us-by-type-of-use/
Nielsen. "Daily time spent with selected media in the United States from 2nd quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2020 (in minutes)." Chart. August 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246698/daily-time-spent-with-tv-in-the-us-by-type-of-use/
Nielsen. (2020). Daily time spent with selected media in the United States from 2nd quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2020 (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246698/daily-time-spent-with-tv-in-the-us-by-type-of-use/
Nielsen. "Daily Time Spent with Selected Media in The United States from 2nd Quarter 2015 to 1st Quarter 2020 (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246698/daily-time-spent-with-tv-in-the-us-by-type-of-use/
Nielsen, Daily time spent with selected media in the United States from 2nd quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2020 (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246698/daily-time-spent-with-tv-in-the-us-by-type-of-use/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Daily time spent with selected media in the United States from 2nd quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2020 (in minutes) [Graph], Nielsen, August 13, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/246698/daily-time-spent-with-tv-in-the-us-by-type-of-use/
