This statistic presents the daily time spent watching TV worldwide from 2011 to 2018, with a forecast thereof until 2021. According to ZenithOptimedia, TV viewers worldwide watched 168 minutes of television daily in 2018, down from 170 minutes in 2017. The amount of daily time spent with TV is projected to decrease by a further three minutes by 2021, however television consumption has remained relatively stable, whilst time spent reading newspapers and magazines has almost halved since 2011.
Daily time spent watching TV worldwide from 2011 to 2021
(in minutes)
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Zenith. (June 14, 2019). Daily time spent watching TV worldwide from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/730428/tv-time-spent-worldwide/
Zenith. "Daily time spent watching TV worldwide from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes)." Chart. June 14, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/730428/tv-time-spent-worldwide/
Zenith. (2019). Daily time spent watching TV worldwide from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/730428/tv-time-spent-worldwide/
Zenith. "Daily Time Spent Watching Tv Worldwide from 2011 to 2021 (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/730428/tv-time-spent-worldwide/
Zenith, Daily time spent watching TV worldwide from 2011 to 2021 (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/730428/tv-time-spent-worldwide/ (last visited May 18, 2022)
