The average adult will spend 12h 6m with media in 2018 according to a new report from eMarketer.
Time spent with media by year:
1) 2016–12h 03m
2) 2017–12h 07m
3) 2018P — 12h 08m
4) 2019P — 12h 09m
5) 2020P — 12h 11m
Digital media will overtake traditional with 52% of total time.
Time spent with media by medium:
1) Digital — 6h 19m (52%)
2) Traditional — 5h 49m (48%)
Digital video is the fastest growing segment adding 7m of additional daily usage over the past year.
Time spent with digital video by year (% growth):
1) 2016–1h 11m (↑ 15%)
2) 2017–1h 19m (↑ 11%)
3) 2018P — 1h 26m (↑ 9%)
4) 2019P — 1h 32m (↑ 7%)
5) 2020P — 1h 38m (↑ 6%)
Time spent with TV by year (% growth):
1) 2016–4h 5m (↓ 2%)
2) 2017–3h 56m (↓ 4%)
3) 2018P — 3h 45m (↓ 5%)
4) 2019P — 3h 36m (↓ 4%)
5) 2020P — 3h 31m (↓ 2%)
Keep in mind: Even though time spent with TV is declining it still accounts for 72% of video usage.
Digital share of time spent with video by year:
1) 2016–23%
2) 2017–25%
3) 2018P — 28%
4) 2019P — 30%
5) 2020P — 32%
