Web Insight: do you binge-watch video?

How often do you binge-watch three or more episodes of the same show in the same viewing session?

Digital technology has revolutionized how we watch video. For the first 60 years that television existed, viewers had to wait patiently for the next episode of their favorite show to air.

But now they can binge-watch multiple episodes in one fell swoop.

How often do people engage in binge-watching? In the Center’s Digital Future Survey, we asked internet users how often they binge-watch three or more episodes of the same show in the same viewing session.

The number one response was “sometimes.” Thirty-one percent of respondents gave that reply.

Next, 27% said that they often binge-watch three or more episodes of the same show in the same viewing session.

So, well over half of respondents binge-watch sometimes or often.

On the other hand, 20% said that they rarely binge-watch, and 21% said that they never do so.

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August 5, 2019