This statistic shows the responses to a survey about the amount of time U.S. users spend watching online video worldwide as of August 2020, sorted by content. According to the source, online video viewers in the United States spent approximately 5.8 hours of their online video viewing time on TV shows, followed by movies.
Time spent on watching selected types of online video content according to online viewers in the United States as of August 2019
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Data is based on 5,000 responses from consumers in France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States, ages 18 and older, who watch one hour or more of online video content each week.
Original question: How much of your online video viewing time is spent in hours watching the following types of content each week?
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Limelight Networks. (October 19, 2020). Time spent on watching selected types of online video content according to online viewers in the United States as of August 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/784424/time-spent-online-video-by-content/
Limelight Networks. "Time spent on watching selected types of online video content according to online viewers in the United States as of August 2019." Chart. October 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784424/time-spent-online-video-by-content/
Limelight Networks. (2020). Time spent on watching selected types of online video content according to online viewers in the United States as of August 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784424/time-spent-online-video-by-content/
Limelight Networks. "Time Spent on Watching Selected Types of Online Video Content According to Online Viewers in The United States as of August 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784424/time-spent-online-video-by-content/
Limelight Networks, Time spent on watching selected types of online video content according to online viewers in the United States as of August 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784424/time-spent-online-video-by-content/ (last visited May 15, 2025)
Time spent on watching selected types of online video content according to online viewers in the United States as of August 2019 [Graph], Limelight Networks, October 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/784424/time-spent-online-video-by-content/
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