Posted on 07/05/2017 9:08:59 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Netflix is continuing to dominate streaming services in the U.S., not only in terms of penetration in cord cutters’ homes, as reported in April, but also in time spent watching. According to data from comScore, cord cutters are watching more Netflix each month than YouTube, Hulu and Amazon Video combined. But Hulu users are more engaged with the service on a daily basis, the study indicates.
The data from comScore was cited by MarketingCharts in its own report released this morning, and follows on earlier findings that the user base for subscription video services has now topped the cable TV audience, indicating a shift in how people in the U.S. are today watching television.
Netflix in April accounted for 40 percent of over-the-top viewing hours, compared with 18 percent for YouTube, 14 percent for Hulu, and 7 percent for Amazon Video. It also has the most monthly viewing days per household at 12.3 days.
But when you look at viewing behavior on a day-by-day basis, Hulu is far ahead of the pack.
On average, U.S. cord cutters are watching 2.9 hours of Hulu per day, which is ahead of Netflix (2.2 hours), YouTube (2.1 hours), and Amazon Video (2 hours).
Though MarketingCharts’ report didn’t delve deeply into why that’s the case, the primary reason is simply due to the fact that Netflix has higher penetration in the U.S....
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Well they got that correct.
That makes sense. Hulu gets more day to day viewing because they carry next-day airings of network TV shows. But Netflix has a much larger selection of original programming and classic TV shows, so they get more overall viewers.
I saw this,
The total number of people who use YouTube – 1,300,000,000. 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! Almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. In an average month, 8 out of 10 18-49 year-olds watch YouTube.
https://fortunelords.com/youtube-statistics/
This cord cutter was on Netflix yesterday.
I watched “The Longest Day”.
Wow, great stats. :D
How big are their servers??
Why Netflix is better than Amazon is because you can WATCH everything you see on the screen. Amazon muddies the waters by mixing in Prime videos with pay per view videos and other crap. So you have to dig through a lot of crap. IF Amazon made an EXCLUSIVE PRIME video portal they would be doing much better.
I for one quit Neflix after their push to all original programming. They used to have a lot more old movies which is too low brow for them now. Too bad it’s so cheap.
I don’t watch network programs now on rabbit ears.
Why would I pay to watch them on Hulu?
I don’t know, but Google owns them.
I agree, I had Amazon Prime for a couple of years but stopped watching the videos because I was too sick of wading through so much crap trying to find what I wanted.
The past year I watched a lot more Netflix, although I’ve pretty much given up on them the past couple of months because their movie selection has gone so far downhill. I’m not much interested in trying the “original” Netflix series.
I may give up on all of the streaming services until someone comes up with something that is far more comprehensive in selections and user-friendly.
I watch NF, but one thing i hate, they NEVER have the popular movies you want to watch at the time of year you want to watch them. Streaming wise..
Independence Day? NOPE
White Christmas ? NOPE
and several others I cant think of right off the top of my head...
KODI solved those issues
Yeah network television is mostly garbage.
Well, Netflix is available with the web interface on desktop computers, streaming boxes like Roku, many Blu-ray players, the TiVo DVR, modern gaming consoles with Internet connections, iOS and Android app for tablets and cellphones, and most “smart” TV’s. No wonder why everyone is watching them.
Netflix does have a larger catalog, but they have been in the streaming business longer than Amazon Prime.
AP is lacking in many new titles. They are adding a lot of old, remastered videos, but their newer video titles are not so good.
Both Netflix and AP seem to rely on a lot of foreign TV series and movies.
Netflix has been purging their catalog recently.
Hulu now offers ‘mostly’ commercials-free subscription in addition to their regular commercials subscription.
Several other services insert commercials. I never had much luck with those. About half-way through a movie, it would stall. I would have to exit and reload. When I tried to get back to the location were the stall occurred, it would run a dozen commercials — and usually stall again. It frustration wasn’t worth getting to watch — sort of — free.
I do watch more Netflix and AP than regular TV. I do record via TiVo most TV programs I watch, so I can skip or fastforward through commercials.
I’m 63.
If I tried to cut a Cord I would probably have a Heart attack.
Oh wait...
I find both AP and Netflix originals are hit-and-miss. Some series and original movies are pretty good and some are total crap.
The advantage with those services is that I can stop the series/movies and remove them from my queue and not feel too bad for about $10/month each AND NO COMMERCIALS.
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