This statistic presents data on the share of daily time 0 to 8 year olds spent watching TV in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform. In 2017, it was found that young children spent on average about 21 percent of their daily media time watching live TV.
Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform*
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TV, streamed/downloaded
TV, prerecorded/On Demand
TV, live
TV, any
Online, video
Online, streaming/downloaded
Online, any
DVD/videotape
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* Differences between live, streamed/downloaded and prerecorded/on Demand television viewing were not measured until 2013; and differences between online viewing of streamed/downloaded content vs. short videos were not measured until 2017.
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Common Sense Media. (October 19, 2017). Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media. "Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform*." Chart. October 19, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media. (2017). Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media. "Share of Daily Time Spent Watching Tv among 0- to 8-year-olds in The United States from 2011 to 2017, by Platform*." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/
Common Sense Media, Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Share of daily time spent watching TV among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by platform* [Graph], Common Sense Media, October 19, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/768414/time-share-spent-tv-watching-children-by-platform/