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The Global Media Intelligence Report 2025

How Media Behaviors Are Shifting in 50 Markets Worldwide

Report by Paul Briggs  |  Oct 30, 2025

The Global Media Intelligence Report 2025

How Media Behaviors Are Shifting in 50 Markets Worldwide

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Executive Summary
Global viewership favors streaming over live TV
Listenership has also gone digital, but radio is hanging on
Short-video consumption reveals a global divide
The creator audience in Asia differs from Western countries
Latin America leads the world in enthusiasm for AI, while wealthy Western countries lag behind
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About This Report
The global mediascape has shifted rapidly over the past decade and continues to change as new formats attract users of all ages. The 2025 Global Media Intelligence (GMI) report is a deep dive into country-level and regional habits relating to time spent with media, media adoption, and device ownership.
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Executive Summary
Global viewership favors streaming over live TV
Listenership has also gone digital, but radio is hanging on
Short-video consumption reveals a global divide
The creator audience in Asia differs from Western countries
Latin America leads the world in enthusiasm for AI, while wealthy Western countries lag behind
GWI Methodology Statement
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The 2025 Global Media Intelligence (GMI) report explores shifting media habits across 50 markets—showing how streaming, short video, and audio formats compete for global attention while regional preferences challenge assumptions about universal adoption.

Key Question: How are emerging formats shifting media consumption around the world?

Key Stat: Latin America leads in six categories of time spent with media.

How the World Spends Its Time With Media
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Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Global viewership favors streaming over live TV
  3. Listenership has also gone digital, but radio is hanging on
  1. Short-video consumption reveals a global divide
  2. The creator audience in Asia differs from Western countries
  3. Latin America leads the world in enthusiasm for AI, while wealthy Western countries lag behind
  1. GWI Methodology Statement
  2. Sources
  3. Media Gallery

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How the World Spends Its Time With MediaSubscription Video-on-Demand Streaming Has Overtaken Live TV in Every Region
Most Regions Show a Major Shift to Digital Audio Over RadioHalf of the Top 10 Countries for Short-Form Video Consumption Are in Latin America
How the World Spends Its Time With Media, (hrs:mins spent per week among internet users worldwide, by region, 2025)Asian Regions Are More Willing to Pay for Creator Content
Latin America Is Most Enthusiastic About AI

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