According to a survey conducted in August 2023, 64.7 percent of TV-owning households in Japan used a television set to access the internet. Among households owning a DVD or Blu-ray recorder, about one out of four households used these kinds of devices to access the internet.
Share of households using the internet via television devices in Japan as of August 2023, by type of device
households headed by someone aged 20 years or older
Special properties
among households that use the internet via a TV, etc.; mutiple answers possible; survey answers were retrieved via mail and e-mail
Method of interview
Postal questionnaire
Supplementary notes
The source operated with a different sample size for each of the devices. The number of households for each answer is as follows:
Television n=12,331
DVD or Blu-ray recorder n=9,123
Cable television n=6,945
IPTV tuner n=5,748
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (June 7, 2024). Share of households using the internet via television devices in Japan as of August 2023, by type of device [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/712945/japan-digital-broadcast-enabled-tv-usage-share-by-device/
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Share of households using the internet via television devices in Japan as of August 2023, by type of device [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), June 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/712945/japan-digital-broadcast-enabled-tv-usage-share-by-device/
