This statistic shows the share of the weekly viewing audience who watched on average up to four free online television episodes a week in the United States from 2011 to 2016, with a forecast thereof for 2017. According to the source, 17 percent of the viewing audience watched free online TV in 2016.
Share of the weekly viewing audience watching free online TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017
Characteristic
Share of viewing audience
2017**
16%
2016**
17%
2015
18%
2014
19%
2013
19%
2012
18%
2011
19%
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* Estimate. ** Forecast. Note: The statistic concerns the share of audience members who watched on average one-two (in the 2013 edition of the report) or two-three (in the 2014 edition of the report) or three (in the 2015 edition) or four (in the 2016 and 2017 editions) episodes a week at a broadcaster or cable network or one of their distribution partner's websites (CBS Audience Network & Hulu/partners). Free online TV does not include Hulu Plus, iTunes, Netflix etc or sites requiring a paid subscription. Figures for the period 2011 to 2014 come from previous editions of the report.
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Convergence Consulting Group. (May 1, 2017). Share of the weekly viewing audience watching free online TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/258433/share-of-audience-watching-free-online-tv-weekly-in-the-us/
Convergence Consulting Group. "Share of the weekly viewing audience watching free online TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017." Chart. May 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258433/share-of-audience-watching-free-online-tv-weekly-in-the-us/
Convergence Consulting Group. (2017). Share of the weekly viewing audience watching free online TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258433/share-of-audience-watching-free-online-tv-weekly-in-the-us/
Convergence Consulting Group. "Share of The Weekly Viewing Audience Watching Free Online Tv in The United States from 2011 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258433/share-of-audience-watching-free-online-tv-weekly-in-the-us/
Convergence Consulting Group, Share of the weekly viewing audience watching free online TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258433/share-of-audience-watching-free-online-tv-weekly-in-the-us/ (last visited April 28, 2025)
Share of the weekly viewing audience watching free online TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017 [Graph], Convergence Consulting Group, May 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/258433/share-of-audience-watching-free-online-tv-weekly-in-the-us/
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