A survey conducted in late March 2020 revealed that 49 percent of consumers across the United States said that they considered Netflix to be an essential service. Newcomer to the SVoD market Disney+ fared well, with 15 percent of respondents deeming the service to be a 'must-have', higher than more established platforms HBO and HBO Now.
Share of consumers who consider selected video services to be essential in the United States as of March 2020
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YouGov. (April 15, 2020). Share of consumers who consider selected video services to be essential in the United States as of March 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/960249/essential-video-service-for-consumers/
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YouGov. (2020). Share of consumers who consider selected video services to be essential in the United States as of March 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/960249/essential-video-service-for-consumers/
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