A quarter of Canadians pick streaming over holiday events: Crave survey

Game of Thrones was Require'south most-streamed serial of the yr

Twenty-four percent of Canadians are planning to spend their fourth dimension using streaming services instead of attending gatherings during the holidays, according to a new survey from Crave.

With Canada'due south population of about 37.59 million, this means that most ix million people are choosing streaming over social outings.

Elsewhere, the survey — conducted by data service firm Maru/Blue on behalf of the Bell-owned Crave — looked into the demographics of people streaming during the holidays.

First, 33 percent of millennials program to skip holiday events, compared to only 14 percent of people aged 55 and up. Further, 28 percent of men said they'd rather stream, as opposed to the 19 percentage of female respondents. On the other hand, Quebeckers were the about likely to attend an outcome instead of streaming.

In terms of what people are watching, Crave says Game of Throneswas its most-streamed show in each province this year — not surprising, given the release of the fantasy drama'south final season this spring.

Rounding out the top five most-streamed Require series wereThe Handmaid's Tale, Chernobyl, Big Little Lies and Letterkenny. Information technology'due south worth noting that The Handmaid'south Tale is shot in Toronto, in addition to being based on famed Ottawa-born author Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name. Meanwhile,Letterkennyis Bell'southward comedy series about a minor Ontario town that features Canadian cast and crew.

Maru Voice ran the survey online from December second to 3rd, 2019 among 1,509 randomly selected Canadian adults who are Maru Vocalism Canada panelists. The house says the survey has a margin of mistake of plus or minus 2.5 percentage.

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