More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile
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- Bigger screens are more enjoyable
- Much lesser strain on hands compared to holding a phone means longer periods of watching
- More friction in switching apps on a TV compared to a phone and unless you are casting, much smaller selection of apps
- Fewer distractions like notifications on a phone
- Sofas are comfy; also, autoplay can keep going even if you fall asleep thus skewing the numbers
Do you experience silence anything during the day or any other time? I couldn't imagine having sounds while trying to sleep, it's my quiet time when I can fully focus on what's inside my head, and outside sounds tend to be distracting. But still interesting how we all are very different, no right or wrong :)
I used to live very close to a subway station and the sound of it rattling became familiar and comforting eventually, so when I'm out in the countryside now it feels very quiet and I supplement with a white noise machine. It seems popular to use YouTube for a bespoke version of this - there's tons of 8 hour looping videos of rain storms, oceans, etc.
Funny enough, I usually spend more time picking what to sleep to than I actually spend awake once it starts playing. Most times I'm dead asleep within the first minute or two after spending five minutes making selections. If it goes quiet, I wake up.
That's the best part of disconnecting and going to bed, being cozy in the darkness with nothing but your thoughts and emotions. Interesting that others try to avoid that, thanks for sharing :)
Depends on the type of thoughts that frequent your mind. Dozing off to sleep thinking about chatting with friends is quite different from worrying about your ailing family member. I assure you that the latter isn't something to look forward to for most people.
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I suspect it does (not least because I know I've uploaded a few) but you're going to have to search hard to find them.
(Although I guess that brings up the "if you can't find them, do they even really exist outside of the uploader?" question.)
(people who use youtube as a sleep aid - don't you get woken up by ads?)
Depends on whether I took a half or a whole gummy.
I pay for Premium for that reason. I don't have any other TV/streaming services, so while I don't especially like giving Google money, I use it enough that the expense is well-justified.
Make sense in this world.
Or just phones are small screens and people have bad eyes and big TVs. It’s easy to send content from a phone or iPad to a tv these days.
Demographics, and low friction technology. And there is good content on YouTube for anyone and everyone
I think TV>Mobile for watch time is less surprising because of the nature of content you'd watch on the TV (longer form, background stuff).
User count would be surprising. And this is from someone who primarily uses their TV for Youtube.
- There are more mobile devices than TVs. A family of four may have 1 or 2 TVs but they have 4+ phones/tablets. Similarly, you need another phone to accomodate another viewer, whereas you do not need another TV.
- TV accounts are often shared so even if you had multiple people using the TV there is a fair chance it would be squashed to 1 user
- Youtube content is increasingly short form which fits better with mobile than sitting down on the couch. All Youtube shorts are designed to be consumed on the phone, for example.
- You always have your phone with you. You're usually only around your TV a handful of hours a day.
- You are often getting funneled to YouTube via a link from somewhere else on your phone. Reddit, X, group text, etc. No chance of that while using your TV for something else.
Specifically to youtube, I am also a bit surprised at it being used heavily on televisions. It is not a pleasant experience there. I have a hard time on phone, but at least there the popup keyboard is a bit more usable.
Granted, saying that, it occurs to me that i don't actually know the usage of youtube for videos. Short form content makes sense. You just keep flipping to the next of somewhat related content. I suppose news consumption is similar? We have turned news content into short form videos?
At least ads on kids channels were largely for cereals. Which... also feels weird. Who needs advertising to care to eat Cheerios?
My guess is that it's something like 15% on mobile, 16% on TV, and 69% on desktop/laptop etc. At least if you consider played minutes. I know many people watch short clips etc. on their phone, but the sheer amount of people watching let's plays while working, or streaming lo-fi music while coding is probably immense compared to that
Is that something people who aren't streamers actually do? I don't think I've seen that in person, ever, but then maybe I'm not the most social creature out there so might just be my bubble.
Personally, I only watch YouTube on the TV. When I'm on the computer I'm either working, gaming or reading, the phone only gets used for phone/texting and social media while in the bathroom, and the TV is basically for normal TV/YouTube/TV shows/movies.
We have a handful of coders in our company and it's rare to enter their offices and not see something playing on the second screen.
That'd be very distracting to me, programming is (usually) a deep focus thing for me, having moving pictures right next to where I work would lead me to getting nothing done :P Interesting to hear though, probably should visit an office to see how it's changed since I last was in one.
In any case, what numbers would you assume?
This is the only 'evidence' provided, and it definitely doesn't match the claim in the headline.
> Nielsen, a market research company that's been reporting on TV viewing habits for decades, says that YouTube has been the number one service in streaming watch time for the last two years.
[0]https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/sarah-fielding-01/
Any time I use my TV for YouTube now, I just connect my laptop to the TV so I don’t have to deal with those insane ads.
It’s extremely clear that YouTube is trying to maximize ad watch time, while keeping the acknowledgment by the user that they watched the ad, by acknowledging they’re paying attention enough to press “Skip”
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-viewed_YouTube_vi...
Personally I watch on my laptop or iPhone; I usually look at reviews or short tutorials, I often fast forward, stop mid clip, or switch to another window - which is also why I don't watch YouTube on a TV at all.
And you can't really install ad-blockers to skip / block either.
I also use it for TV-equivalent live streams. The Eurovision song contest has recently started streaming most of the national-level pre-contests on its youtube channel, which is considerably easier than trying to juggle fifty different national broadcaster sites which are not in English and may be geolocked.
Ad blocking, integrated sponsorblock, and other desirable features.
The TV shows that I am interested in watching are uploaded to YouTube by TV channels themselves.
It's so nice with some of the 4k content. And some channels (like Modern Wisdom) do these "cinematic" episodes that are also a feast for the eyes, not just the rest of your brain.
Maybe in the US sure, but take any country in Asia or Latin America and I can guarantee you mobile usage skyrockets. Can't say anything certain about EU, but I'd assume from my few experiences there it should be a 50/50 split.
I couldn't find any articles about comparisons between mobile and TV usage. There are some saying 'YouTube TV usage is at a high time high', but it associates it with the presidential election and some sports events...
The former I can see getting some views outside of the US, but sports events no one gives a shit outside of the US, so I think it's pretty clear their articles are US only.
Moving to greyjay.
It is much more comfortable to watch long-form content from your couch and from your kitchen table holding your phone.