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Media Statistics > Television viewing (most recent) by country

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   United Kingdom  9.8%
   United States  9.8%
   Italy  9.4%
   Ireland  8%
   France  8%
   Germany  8%
   Australia  7.7%
   Denmark  7%
   Netherlands  7%
   Belgium  6.6%
   Finland  6.3%
   Norway  6.3%
   Sweden  6.3%


Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   United Kingdom: 28 hours per person per wee 
#2   United States: 28 hours per person per wee 
#3   Italy: 27 hours per person per wee 
#4   Ireland: 23 hours per person per wee 
#5   France: 23 hours per person per wee 
#6   Germany: 23 hours per person per wee 
#7   Australia: 22 hours per person per wee 
#8   Denmark: 20 hours per person per wee 
#9   Netherlands: 20 hours per person per wee 
#10   Belgium: 19 hours per person per wee 
#11   Finland: 18 hours per person per wee 
#12   Norway: 18 hours per person per wee 
#13   Sweden: 18 hours per person per wee 
Total: 287 hours per person per wee  
Weighted average: 22.1 hours per person per wee  


DEFINITION: Mean hours of television watched by each person per week.

SOURCE: Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996)

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shan (London)
22nd May 2007
A very interesting set of statistics on TV viewing by country. Please can you confirm if they are based on the total population of the country or just the total number of people who actually watch TV?
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