COVID-19 change in mobile streaming worldwide 2020

According to a study of TV and video streaming consumers in eight representative country markets, respondents based in China and Turkey reported using their mobile devices to watch video streaming content more after the introduction of social distancing norms in 2020. Respondents in Germany and the United Kingdom accounted for the highest shares of consumers reporting they streamed less content via their smartphones after the start of the pandemic.

Coronavirus impact on mobile streaming consumption habits worldwide after the introduction of social distancing measures in 2020

Characteristic	More	Less	The same	Not sure
USA	46.89%	7.09%	44.86%	1.16%
China	70.82%	5.94%	21.73%	1.51%
Germany	38.44%	24.37%	33.3%	3.89%
Japan	44.56%	7.6%	42.47%	5.37%
Korea	54.4%	11.94%	26.49%	7.17%
Singapore	61.83%	8.18%	27.7%	2.29%
Turkey	70.66%	9.57%	15.92%	3.85%
UK	32.47%	21.4%	39.3%	6.83%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020*

Number of respondents

8,000 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

TV and video streaming consumers

Supplementary notes

*Consumers in the U.K., Germany, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, Korea, and China were surveyed between November 6 and November 10, 2020. Consumers in the United States were surveyed between September 23 and September 29, 2020.

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