In January 2021, Android users spent an average 23.2 hours per month streaming videos and interacting with video content via YouTube mobile app. Short-video platform TikTok came in second, with 13.3 hours watched in the examined period. Two other YouTube products made the ranking, with YouTube Go and YouTube Kids placing respectively in third and sixth position. The mobile app of leading streaming OTT service Netflix recorded seven hours watched per Android user, while Amazon Prime Video registered roughly half of that time from each Android user watching content on their app.
Leading video and streaming apps on Android worldwide in January 2021, by monthly hours watched
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Hootsuite. (January 27, 2021). Leading video and streaming apps on Android worldwide in January 2021, by monthly hours watched [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251137/top-video-and-streaming-apps-by-hours-watched-monthly/
DataReportal, und We Are Social, und Hootsuite. "Leading video and streaming apps on Android worldwide in January 2021, by monthly hours watched." Chart. January 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251137/top-video-and-streaming-apps-by-hours-watched-monthly/
DataReportal, We Are Social, Hootsuite. (2021). Leading video and streaming apps on Android worldwide in January 2021, by monthly hours watched. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251137/top-video-and-streaming-apps-by-hours-watched-monthly/
DataReportal, and We Are Social, and Hootsuite. "Leading Video and Streaming Apps on Android Worldwide in January 2021, by Monthly Hours Watched." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251137/top-video-and-streaming-apps-by-hours-watched-monthly/
DataReportal & We Are Social & Hootsuite, Leading video and streaming apps on Android worldwide in January 2021, by monthly hours watched Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251137/top-video-and-streaming-apps-by-hours-watched-monthly/ (last visited April 24, 2024)
Leading video and streaming apps on Android worldwide in January 2021, by monthly hours watched [Graph], DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Hootsuite, January 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251137/top-video-and-streaming-apps-by-hours-watched-monthly/