Coronavirus: impact on media consumption in the U.S.

Statistics report on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on media consumption in the U.S.

Coronavirus: impact on media consumption in the U.S.

This report explores the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on media consumption in the United States, offering data on how the U.S. public perceive media coverage of the pandemic, preferred and trusted news sources for updates on the coronavirus, and figures on TV and SVoD viewing, as well as an insight into potential consumer spending as a result of the outbreak.

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Views on media response

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  • Premium Statistic Coronavirus and the media: support for restricting events U.S. 2020
  • Premium Statistic Coronavirus and the media: opposition for restricting events U.S. 2020
  • Premium Statistic Media responsibility and coronavirus containment U.S. 2020
  • Premium Statistic Media responsibility and coronavirus containment U.S. 2020, by generation
  • Premium Statistic Media attention and the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by politics
  • Premium Statistic Opinion on the media exaggerating coronavirus news U.S. 2020, by politics
  • Premium Statistic Media accuracy and the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by politics

News consumption

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. local newscasts: coronavirus viewership impact 2020
  • Premium Statistic Consumers keeping updated with the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Most used sources of coronavirus news U.S. 2020, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Most trusted sources of coronavirus news U.S. 2020
  • Premium Statistic Least trusted sources of coronavirus news U.S. 2020
  • Premium Statistic Fake news exposure and the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by politics

TV and SVoD consumption

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. cable news networks: coronavirus viewership impact 2019-2020
  • Premium Statistic Coronavirus TV viewing: popular programs U.S. 2020
  • Premium Statistic Coronavirus: SVoD audience change U.S. 2020, by service
  • Premium Statistic Coronavirus: SVoD audience distribution during business hours U.S. 2020, by daypart
  • Premium Statistic Coronavirus: SVoD audience change U.S. 2020, by genre
  • Premium Statistic Watching online TV and movies more due to the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by generation
  • Premium Statistic Subscribing to SVoD services due to the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by generation
  • Premium Statistic Netflix subscriber growth forecasts: coronavirus impact 2020

Media spending

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  • Basic Statistic COVID-19: video game spending change as of April 2020
  • Premium Statistic Music streaming spending increase due to the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by generation
  • Premium Statistic SVoD spending increase due to the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by generation
  • Premium Statistic Renting movies to watch at home due to the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by generation
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