According to a survey conducted in August 2020, Japanese consumers on average watch more than seven hours of traditional broadcast videos per week. An equal amount was spent on viewing online videos. The broadcasting sector in Japan, which includes both private broadcasters and the public broadcasting organization NHK, generates sales of several trillion Japanese yen per year.
Weekly average time spent on watching online and broadcast video in Japan as of August 2020
(in hours)
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Limelight Networks. (October 19, 2020). Weekly average time spent on watching online and broadcast video in Japan as of August 2020 (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027430/duration-online-and-broadcast-video-watching-japan/
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