The Nordic country with highest daily television viewing time in 2020 was Finland, at 167 minutes on average. Denmark came second, with a viewing time of 135 minutes per day. By contrast, the average daily TV viewing time in Iceland amounted to just over one hour.
Average daily TV viewing time in the Nordic countries from 2013 to 2020
(in minutes)
Denmark, Sweden: Age 3 years and older, Finland**: Age 4 years and older, Iceland: Age 12-80 years, Norway: Age 12 years and older*****
Special properties
among the TV population****; include Live + VOSDAL/viewed on the same day as live + timeshift within 7 days
Supplementary notes
* The decrease in total TV viewing 2016 is partly due to a minor change in the method used in the TV-Meter survey. A larger change in method in 2017 – the TV viewing now include timeshift within 7 days and is calculated among all Danes and not just TV households.
** Until 2015: population aged 10 years and older; from 2016 onwards: population aged 4 years and older.
*** Data for week 42 each year. With the introduction of TV-meter measuring, catch-up-channels which broadcasts the transmissions one hour later are included. No data available for 2017 and 2018.
**** Except for Denmark in 2017: share of total population.
***** Until 2017: popuation aged 12 years and older; from 2018 onwards: population aged 10-79 years. No data available for 2017
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