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YouTubers Sacrifice TV Time; Rebel against Ad Potential

Published on January 30, 2007 | Email this article

YouTube watchers are sacrificing TV time in order to watch videos on the highly addictive site.

According to a poll by Harris Interactive, about 32 percent of frequent visitors to YouTube say they watch less TV because of the time they spend on the website, writes WorldScreen.com. Of frequent YouTube users, 66 say they are skipping other activities when on YouTube, including: other websites (36 percent), time watching television (32 percent), email/social networking (20 percent), work/homework (19 percent), playing video games (15 percent), watching DVDs (12 percent), and spending time with friends and family (12 percent).

Forty-two percent of online adults in the U.S. have watched a video on the site, and 14 percent of those say they visit frequently. Interestingly, 73 percent of frequent users say they will use the site less often if it begins showing short video ads before every clip - which the site is considering doing, writes MediaPost (via MarketingVox).

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