Five Hours Of Media A Day For The Global Affluent

On average, the Global Affluent spends 301 minutes on media per day which adds up to 5 hours. They spend 2 hours on watching TV and 2 hours online. Nearly an hour a day is spent on reading print.

The Latin American Affluent consume the most media minutes by spending almost 6 hours of their day on media, followed by the Asia Affluent who spend over 5 and a half hours. The European elite spend the least time on media, but still consume media a little less than 5 hours a day.

Average time spent by region on media

Time spent on media per region

For the regions included in the Global Affluent survey, please see the factsheet below.

 

Print

The Average Issue Readership (AIR) of international print titles among the global elite is 30%*. The Asian Affluents spend the most time reading of all global Affluents. The Average Issue Readership of international titles is highest amongst the Affluents in Middle East (44%) and in Africa (40%)*.

International print AIR

 

Television

The Latin American Affluent accounts for the most TV minutes, by watching almost 2,5 hours a day. The Asian Affluent watches the least, but still watches almost 2 hours a day. 8 out of 10 Affluent consume international TV content on a weekly basis. This is even higher in the Middle East (89%) and Latin America (88%)*. 

International TV weekly

 
* Gross media minutes, ie 10 mins online while watching a TV set = 20mins.
Based on international print & TV measured on the Ipsos Affluent Survey, see the media list.

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