Social Media Video: Daily Use Tops Broadcast Streaming Gaming

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Social Media Video: Daily Use Tops Broadcast, Streaming, Gaming

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Global social media video content -- on the TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels, for example -- is now the most used daily media content -- exceeding broadcast and streaming TV and gaming.

According to a June Ampere Analysis report, 63% of the global online population consumes social media video content on a daily basis.

“While broadcast television offers a range of choices for viewers, algorithmic social media knows what people are likely to want to watch before they do,” according to Sam Nursall, senior analyst, Ampere Analysis.

Ampere also says “swiping” -- finger-like actions, especially on mobile devices -- where users can move quickly onto other video content -- is a factor.

Broadcast and streaming daily usage are far behind -- with 47% and 46%, respectively, in daily use, followed by video games (34%) and podcasts (19%). Overall social media daily use, beyond video consumption, continues to have the highest daily usage at 73%.

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Breaking down usage among key audience segments, Gen Zers (18 to 24 years old) use of social form video continues to be the highest -- 73%. On the other end of the audience spectrum -- 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 year olds -- are out 58% and 49%, respectively.

Although the average daily overall time use is higher for traditional TV and video platforms (with linear TV channels at one hour/nine minutes and subscription/streaming platforms  at 52 minutes) than social media video (45 minutes) --- "social media services are more frequently used on a daily basis, per the initial release," Ampere's Nursall tells Advanced TV Insider.

The most popular media platform for short-form video: YouTube Shorts (78%) -- this in response to asking respondent if they use the platform in the past week. Then comes Instagram (41%), TikTok (39%), and Facebook (38%).

Territories with the highest usage of short-form video were in Southeast Asia -- The Philippines (83%), Thailand (83%), and Indonesia (82%).

The Ampere Analysis survey was produced from a consumer survey of 56,000 internet-using respondents across 30 markets fielded in February 2025.

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July 2, 2025 at 08:36AM