US OTT and Pay TV Viewership Forecast 2024

Amazon Prime Video Soars to the Top of the AVOD List, While Digital Pay TV Slows TV’s Fall

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With most of the US already watching, growth in overall OTT viewership has slowed to a crawl. But some platforms, formats, and service tiers are still booming, and digital pay TV is complicating the linear TV narrative.
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OTT video viewership is thriving, although its broad success will make finding untapped viewers challenging for subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) and ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) providers. In the realm of linear TV, digital pay TV is giving TV viewership a surprising reprieve.

Key Question: How many people in the US will watch OTT video streaming services in 2024, and what is the viewership outlook for traditional pay TV and digital pay TV?

Key Stat: Over 254 million people in the US—nearly 75% of the population—will watch OTT video this year. OTT comes in many forms, and most of the categories above intermix or nest within one another.

authors

Ethan Cramer-Flood

Contributors

Ross Benes
Senior Analyst
Oscar Bruce Jr.
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Yoram Wurmser
Principal Analyst
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