Media in Germany: broadest user group 2024

In 2024, 88 percent of respondents stated they listened to the radio at least occasionally. Meanwhile, that same year, 68 percent of respondents read both printed newspapers and e-papers, a small decrease from the year before.

Broadest user group (at least occasional usage) of selected media in Germany from 2014 to 2024

Characteristic	TV	Radio	Books (printed + e-books)	Cinema	Media	Newspapers (printed + e-papers)	Music streaming	Magazines (printed + e-magazines)	DVD, blu-ray	Podcasts	Audio books	Online videos
2014	95%	94%	83%	80%	-	94%	-	83%	75%	-	-	53%
2015	97%	90%	76%	82%	-	87%	-	76%	74%	-	-	51%
2016	95%	92%	89%	86%	-	90%	-	78%	75%	-	-	61%
2017	95%	95%	91%	85%	-	90%	-	83%	74%	-	-	73%
2018	93%	93%	90%	83%	-	85%	34%	75%	75%	24%	37%	77%
2019	91%	91%	86%	83%	-	77%	51%	63%	70%	24%	32%	78%
2020	91%	91%	86%	82%	59%	77%	57%	64%	67%	32%	36%	-
2021	89%	90%	84%	76%	62%	75%	63%	61%	60%	38%	38%	-
2022	87%	90%	86%	78%	63%	72%	62%	57%	58%	37%	35%	-
2023	87%	86%	82%	75%	68%	67%	63%	57%	52%	43%	39%	-
2024	-	88%	84%	75%	71%	68%	64%	61%	48%	49%	38%	-

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2014 to 2024, spring each year

Age group

14-69 years

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Some values were not reported on an annual basis in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024.

¹From 2020, the value from the 2nd wave of the year / 2nd quarter as the average of the last four quarters (rolling). See the study on pages 36 and 87 for more details.

Number of respondents: 2014 (n=1,230) 2015 (n=2,486) 2016 (n=2,453) 2017 (n=2,464) 2018 (n=2,469) 2019 (n=2,468) 2020 (n=2,461) 2021 (n=2,458) 2022 (n=2,453) 2023 (n= 2,450)

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