US Time Spent with TV, by Generation

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Source: eMarketer

Note: includes live, DVR, and other prerecorded video (such as video downloaded from the internet but saved locally); includes all time spent watching TV; excludes digital; Gen Z are individuals born between 1997 and 2012; millennials are individuals born between 1981 and 1996; Gen X are individuals born between 1965 and 1980; baby boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964

Additional Note: Time spent with each medium includes multitasking; for example, 1 hour of multitasking on a smartphone while watching TV is counted as 1 hour for TV and 1 hour for smartphone. Figures are rounded to the nearest minute. Estimates of average time spent with media are based on the number of users of each medium.

Methodology: Estimates are based on the analysis of estimates from other research firms, consumer media consumption, device adoption trends, company reports, primary research and interviews.

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