COVID-19 impact on media consumption in Finland 2020, by type of media

Based on survey results from April 2020, media consumption generally increased in Finland due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Roughly half of the respondents increased their social media usage or the time spent on watching TV, while around 13 percent of them stated that their time spent on TV or social media increased significantly. At the same time, over 40 percent of the people spent more time with newspapers, whereas the consumption of audio media, and magazines grew less.

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