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Daniel Frankel

See Change: The Smart TV OS Surpasses the Pay TV Set-Top as the No. 1 Way U.S. Consumers Watch the Tube (Chart of the Day)

Family watching TV.

Smart TV operating systems have zoomed past pay TV set-tops as the first thing U.S. consumers tap into when they turn on their set.

According to Hub Entertainment Research, which surveyed 1,601 adult consumers, 32% of viewers say that Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV or whichever software platform is powering their smart TV is their default choice when turning on the set. That's up from 22% just two years ago. 

Meanwhile, just 30% of watchers listed the set-top as their default platform, down from 41% in 2021. 

Connected TV devices stayed largely flat, increasing from 17% to 19% from 2021 to 2023. 

(Image credit: Hub Entertainment Research)
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