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U.S. TV consumption: average viewing time 2018, by ethnicity
Average daily time spent watching TV per capita in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity (in hours)
by Amy Watson,
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Jul 3, 2019
This statistic shows the average time spent watching TV by individuals in the United States in 2018, broken down by race and ethnicity. In 2018, TV consumption was most prevalent among African Americans who watched an average of 3.55 hours of TV each day.
Average daily time spent watching TV per capita in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity (in hours)
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by Amy Watson,
last edited
Jul 3, 2019
This statistic shows the average time spent watching TV by individuals in the United States in 2018, broken down by race and ethnicity. In 2018, TV consumption was most prevalent among African Americans who watched an average of 3.55 hours of TV each day.
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- Figures have been rounded.
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- 2018
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- 15 years and older
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- Figures have been rounded.
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- Share of internet users who watch TV content using selected media in the United States as of March 2017, by ethnicity
- Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity (in hours)
- E-book readers in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity
- Printed book readers in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity
- Audiobook listeners in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity
- Weekly time spent listening to the radio in the United States in 1st quarter 2017, by ethnicity (in minutes)
- Number of weekly national radio listeners in the United States from 2012 to 2018, by ethnicity (in millions)
- Largest African-American TV markets in the United States in the 2017/18 season, by number of TV households
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- Highest rated TV network among Black Americans in the United States as of April 2018
- Leading primetime broadcast TV programs among African-Americans in the United States as of August 2019, by number of viewers (in millions)
- Leading music genres among African Americans in the United States as of November 2018
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- Leading broadcast network shows among Asian Americans in the United States in 2017 (in 1000s)
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- Leading cable sports shows among Asian Americans in the United States in 4th quarter 2017 (in thousands)
- Leading broadcast network sports shows among Asian Americans in the United States in 4th quarter 2017 (in thousands)
- Number of Asian-American TV households in the United States from 2005 to 2017 (in millions)
- Weekly time spent with video content among Millennial Asian Americans in the United States in 2017, by device (in minutes)
- Largest Hispanic TV markets in the United States in the 2017/18 TV season, by number of TV households
- Leading primetime broadcast TV programs among Hispanics in the United States as of August 2019, by number of viewers (in millions)
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- Most popular video content providers among Hispanics in the United States as of March 2017
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