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H2 2024

The State of Viewership

Insights and analysis from 51 billion hours of linear and streaming

Rebecca Fine
Assoc. Director of Marketing Insights & Content

Samba TV’s latest U.S. viewership report dives into 51 billion hours of TV consumption, revealing the trends reshaping the future of TV and advertising. In the second half of 2024, TV viewership surged—streaming soared 56%, linear climbed 8%—fueled by live events, the rise of ad-supported streaming, and AI-driven contextual targeting which is revolutionizing ad effectiveness.

Download the report now for top trends and practical takeaways to apply to 2025 media plans, including:

  • How live streaming events such as the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight are building audiences that rival sports on  linear 
  • Which shows and genres are dominating screens and keeping viewers hooked
  • Who’s drowning in ads, who’s barely seeing them, and what it means for brands
  • How subscribers are embracing ad-supported streaming
  • What’s the interplay between content that airs on both linear and streaming platforms
  • Which retailers, CPG, pharma, and automotive advertisers have doubled down, which have pulled back, and how it shaped consumer sentiment
  • How AI is redefining ad measurement—turning paid placements into precision insights

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OTT hours viewed increased by 56% year-over-year in H2 2024

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Households in the $200k income group see 12-15 fewer ads per day than lower income households​

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Almost two-thirds of the top 50 shows of the half were dramas

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OTT hours viewed increased by 56% year-over-year in H2 2024

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Households in the $200k income group see 12-15 fewer ads per day than lower income households​

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H2 2024 US State of Viewership Report

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Assoc. Director of Marketing Insights & Content
Feb 6, 2025
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Why Samba TV?

Our mission is to create data at the heart of TV, powering a more scientific approach to advertising and a better viewing experience for everyone.

Real-Time Disruption in Real-World Viewership

Audiences are enjoying more television content today. As viewership rapidly shifts across a growing set of innovative platforms, formats and devices, we provide real-time insights to help drive business decisions.

For the Love of Television

Samba TV enables marketers to build engaged audiences, and empowers viewers to spend more time with programming and brands they love. We believe data should be independent, not monopolised by walled gardens that measure their own media.

We Turn Noise into Knowledge

We utilise our AI/ML driven tech stack and comprehensive, accurate first-party data that is gathered from 24 leading CTV brands globally, to power real-time decision making and optimise audiences' consumer journey across an expanding slate of platforms.

Why Samba TV?

Our mission is to create data at the heart of TV, powering a more scientific approach to advertising and a better viewing experience for everyone.

Real-Time Disruption in Real-World Viewership

Audiences are enjoying more television content today. As viewership rapidly shifts across a growing set of innovative platforms, formats and devices, we provide real-time insights to help drive business decisions.

For the Love of Television

Samba TV enables marketers to build engaged audiences, and empowers viewers to spend more time with programming and brands they love. We believe data should be independent, not monopolized by walled gardens that measure their own media.

We Turn Noise into Knowledge

We utilize our AI/ML driven tech stack and comprehensive, accurate first-party data that is gathered from 24 leading CTV brands globally, to power real-time decision making and optimize audiences' consumer journey across an expanding slate of platforms.

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Aina Bolstad, Senior Marketing Comms Manager, Microsoft

"Partnering with Samba a second time allowed us to understand the role of each medium & environment in our video plans. This partnership continues to give us insights we can use to optimize in a way we were previously unable."

Sarah Leidy, Manager, Southwest Airlines

“Using high-quality data sources, like Samba, to help us identify readers who engage in specific behavior is becoming a valuable enhancement to our strategies for finding the right people on BuzzFeed."

Josh Peters, Buzzfeed, Director of Data Partnerships