Binge-Watching is a Less Shameful Activity, According to New Survey
A recent survey of more than 12,000 TiVo users found a drop in negative perception of watching three or more TV episodes in one day.
The negative perception of binge-watching a television series has seen a decrease according to a survey undertaken earlier this year. Only 30% of respondents saw the activity in a negative light. This is a drop of 23 percent from the last a time a survey like this was undertaken in 2013, when 53% of respondents claimed it was a negative activity. Out of the 12,000-plus users who were surveyed, 92% have engaged in binge-watching at some point.
Netflix conducted their own study with their users back in late 2013. Their findings saw 61% of their users who watch TV shows binge-watch 2-3 episodes at least every few weeks — and 73% said they have positive feelings regarding their habit.
TiVo’s most recent survey shows only 16% of respondents said they viewed bingeing as positive, compare that with the 11% who felt that way in 2013.
Earlier this year, the Univeristy of Texas at Austin released results from a similar survey they conducted that showed users who binge-watched had feelings of depression and loneliness. However, TiVo's recent survey shows 52% of respondents felt sad when they finished bingeing on a series; 31% said they lost sleep due to binge-watching, and 37% saying they had spent their weekend watching an entire season of a show.
The most-binged series were: House of Cards, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones.
