This statistic presents data on the share of daily time 0 to 8 year olds spent watching TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform. In 2017, it was found that young children spent on average about 21 percent of their daily media time watching live TV.
Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform*
* Differences between live, streamed/downloaded and prerecorded/on Demand television viewing were not measured until 2013; and differences between online viewing of streamed/downloaded content vs. short videos were not measured until 2017.
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Common Sense Media. (October 19, 2017). Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media. "Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform*." Chart. October 19, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media. (2017). Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media. "Share of Daily Time Spent Watching Tv among 0- to 8-year-olds in The United States from 2011 to 2017, by Platform*." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media, Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform* [Graph], Common Sense Media, October 19, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
