Comedy Beats News…No Fooling

Funny or Die: The Landlord

The latest Pew study on online media habits shows that comedy has surpassed news when it comes to viewing videos online. Another top line result shows online video reaching a major milestone. 52% of all US adults (69% of adult Internet users) have watched or downloaded video on the Internet. Here are some other key findings among the group of adult Internet users, showing the rapid rise in video viewing:

 

Category
2007 %
2010 %
Comedy or Humor
31
50
Educational
22
38
Movies or TV Shows
16
32
Political
15
30

 

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