By Stuart Thomson
Half of Spanish home with internet access now consume paid-for streaming video, according to the latest statistics published by markets regulator the CNMC.
According to the watchdog, 49.6 per cent of internet homes used such services at the end of last year, up from 40.5 per cent at the end of 2019, a growth rate of 23 per cent. The number of homes using such services has grown from just 12 per cent in four years.
The CNMC found that some 53 per cent of Spaniards watched audiovisual content online at least once a week, with a majority of individuals– 57.5 per cent – watching short-form content. Episodes of series accounted were viewed by 50.3 per cent, and movies were watched by 41.1 per cent.
News and information videos were watched by 31.2 per cent, while documentaries were watched by 18 per cent and sports by 16.4 per cent.
The CNMC’s regular study of Spanish internet users also found that nine out of 10 habitually accessed the web via mobile devices, as was the case a year previously. The number accessing the internet via desktops had fallen slightly in the meantime, from 34 per cent to 32 per cent, while the number accessing via laptop had risen from 49.5 per cent to 54 per cent. The number of Spaniards accessing the web via television also increased, from 17.1 per cent to 19.4 per cent.
