Study: Nine Out of 10 Americans Are Binge-Viewers


That Americans long ago lost our collective knack for moderation seems hardly worth noting in the era of hot dog stuffed crust pizza, but a new study from TiVo suggests our capacity for gluttony is not limited to preposterous foodstuffs.

According to the company’s second annual binge-viewing report, 92% of 12,500 TiVo subscribers surveyed said they have engaged in the practice, which TiVo defines as consuming three or more episodes of a single TV show in one sitting. And while the sheer prevalence of bingers suggests that gorging on content is the new norm, it also appears to be a somewhat solitary pursuit, as 53% of respondents said they do not binge in the company of others.

Bingers tend to keep at it until they’ve cleaned every last morsel of content from off their plates. The study found that 74% of those surveyed have gobbled at least one full season of any given show over the course of a number of days; of these, 49% powered their way through all by their lonesome.

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