Time Spent Consuming News, by Age
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Average minutes “yesterday”1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1994 | April 1996 | April 1998 | April 2000 | April 2002 | April 2004 | 1994–2004 difference | |
| 18–24 | 51 | 37 | 47 | 36 | 31 | 35 | –16 |
| 25–29 | 62 | 53 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 45 | –17 |
| 30–34 | 65 | 59 | 52 | 45 | 54 | 59 | –6 |
| 35–49 | 74 | 64 | 62 | 57 | 57 | 66 | –8 |
| 50–64 | 83 | 79 | 69 | 64 | 71 | 76 | –7 |
| 65+ | 90 | 89 | 96 | 80 | 81 | 85 | –5 |
1. All averages are estimated, based on time spent watching TV news, reading newspapers and listening to news on the radio. Online news is not included.
Source: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
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