This statistic shows the results of a survey on the level of interest in watching the news on television in Germany from 2016 to 2020. In 2020, 27.4 million Germans were highly interested in watching the news on TV.
Number of people interested in the news on television in Germany from 2016 to 2020, by level of interest
(in millions)
Information on base:
German-speaking resident population aged 14 years and older.
Information on random sample:
n (2015)=25,140, projected to 69.24 million
n (2016)=23,854, projected to 69.56 million
n (2017)=23,356, projected to 70.09 million
n (2018)=23,389, projected to 70.45 million
n (2019)=23,318, projected to 70.60 million
Find more information on the methodology of this survey here.
The original survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "This is a list of different types of TV shows. Please decide whether you are highly interested, interested, not very interested or not interested at all in watching TV shows of this kind: news." (original German question: "Hier stehen verschiedene Arten von Fernsehsendungen. Kreuzen Sie bitte jeweils an, ob Sie Sendungen dieser Art sehr gern sehen, auch noch gern sehen, nicht so gern sehen oder ob Sie sie gar nicht sehen: Nachrichten.")
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IfD Allensbach. (July 14, 2020). Number of people interested in the news on television in Germany from 2016 to 2020, by level of interest (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/381684/interest-in-tv-news-germany/
IfD Allensbach. "Number of people interested in the news on television in Germany from 2016 to 2020, by level of interest (in millions)." Chart. July 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/381684/interest-in-tv-news-germany/
IfD Allensbach. (2020). Number of people interested in the news on television in Germany from 2016 to 2020, by level of interest (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/381684/interest-in-tv-news-germany/
IfD Allensbach. "Number of People Interested in The News on Television in Germany from 2016 to 2020, by Level of Interest (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/381684/interest-in-tv-news-germany/
IfD Allensbach, Number of people interested in the news on television in Germany from 2016 to 2020, by level of interest (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/381684/interest-in-tv-news-germany/ (last visited June 28, 2022)