The Larger the Screen the Longer the Content?

Everyone who has ever tried to watch a full movie on a smartphone will probably agree that it's not the best way to see the latest blockbuster. On the other hand, a smartphone works just fine when you're watching a funny YouTube clip while commuting home from work. The point is: different devices are suited for different types of video content and a recent study by Ooyala confirms this: while only 49% of the time spent watching video on smartphones is spent with videos longer than 10 minutes, long-form video accounts for more than 80% of total video consumption on connected TVs. Interestingly, the rule is not as simple as "the larger the screen the longer the content". Tablets, which typically have smaller screens than desktop PCs, see a higher percentage of long-form video than PCs.

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This chart shows how the length of online video consumed varies across different types of devices.

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For how long each day do you watch video content on your mobile devices while on the go?
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Devices used to watch online video content weekly among viewers in the United States as of June 2025, by age group
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Agreement or disagreement on watching too much social video, while they should be watching longer-form TV shows and movies instead in the United States as of December 2024, by age group
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Year-over-year increase in time spent streaming content on mobile worldwide in 2nd quarter of 2022, by device
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Distribution of time spent watching social video in the United States as of December 2024, by device
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Weekly time spent watching long-duration online videos as of 4th quarter 2025, by gender and age group

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