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70% -- share of digital video viewers watching on smartphones for US digital video viewers (2026)
In the U.S., almost 70% of people who watch digital video content report watching on their smartphones.
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Top OTT App Security Challenges & Solutions | DoveRunner
OTT (Over-The-Top) streaming is now a core channel for content delivery. In the U.S. alone, almost 70% of people who watch digital video content report watching on their smartphones, and almost 16% of total time spent streaming video in North America is on mobile phones, according to Statista.
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US digital video viewers: 70% share of digital video viewers watching on smartphones. Source: Statista (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-smartphone-video-viewers-70pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-smartphone-video-viewers-70pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>70%</strong> -- share of digital video viewers watching on smartphones for US digital video viewers<br><small>Source: Statista (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-smartphone-video-viewers-70pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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