This statistic presents the preferred types of video content accessed via YouTube according to weekly online video viewers in the United States as of January 2016, sorted by age group. During the survey period, 79 percent of respondents aged 18 to 34 years stated that they preferred to watch user-generated content videos via YouTube. Only 12 percent of Millennial respondents stated YouTube as their preferred destination for watching current season TV shows.
Preferred types of video content accessed via YouTube according to weekly online video viewers in the United States as of January 2016, by age group
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comScore, & YouTube. (June 23, 2016). Preferred types of video content accessed via YouTube according to weekly online video viewers in the United States as of January 2016, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/688576/youtube-video-content-preference-age-usa/
comScore, und YouTube. "Preferred types of video content accessed via YouTube according to weekly online video viewers in the United States as of January 2016, by age group." Chart. June 23, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/688576/youtube-video-content-preference-age-usa/
comScore, YouTube. (2016). Preferred types of video content accessed via YouTube according to weekly online video viewers in the United States as of January 2016, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/688576/youtube-video-content-preference-age-usa/
comScore, and YouTube. "Preferred Types of Video Content Accessed via Youtube According to Weekly Online Video Viewers in The United States as of January 2016, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/688576/youtube-video-content-preference-age-usa/
comScore & YouTube, Preferred types of video content accessed via YouTube according to weekly online video viewers in the United States as of January 2016, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/688576/youtube-video-content-preference-age-usa/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Preferred types of video content accessed via YouTube according to weekly online video viewers in the United States as of January 2016, by age group [Graph], comScore, & YouTube, June 23, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/688576/youtube-video-content-preference-age-usa/