TV consumption in the United Kingdom: hours of daily viewing per individual 2010-2017, by age

Average daily time spent watching TV per individual in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2017, by age (in hours)

The data displays the average daily TV consumption time of individuals in the UK from 2010 to 2017, broken down by age. In 2017, the average UK adult aged 16 years and older watched 3.73 hours of television per day, a slight decrease compared to the previous year and approx. 34 minutes less compared to six years earlier in 2010. As in the years before, older viewers generally spent longer hours consuming television compared to younger demographics, with adults in the age group of 65 years and older watching 5.72 hours of TV everyday, compared to only 1.

2010 4.3 2.81 3.31 3.9 4.48 5.18 5.71 2.51
2011 4.3 2.75 3.26 3.86 4.49 5.26 5.75 2.45
2012 4.29 2.62 3.27 3.78 4.49 5.24 5.78 2.37
2013 4.15 2.47 3.08 3.6 4.27 5.15 5.68 2.23
2014 3.98 2.31 2.82 3.32 4.08 4.97 5.67 1.96
2015 3.91 2.07 2.7 3.24 3.99 4.94 5.7 1.85
2016 3.86 1.89 2.61 3.04 3.92 4.92 5.73 1.69
2017 3.73 1.67 2.33 2.85 3.8 4.78 5.72 1.43