People are stressing over glut of streaming options — but won’t stop subscribing

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not chill.These days there are a plethora of streaming giants for viewers to choose from. Depending on one’s mood, couch potatoes can choose from Hulu, Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Paramount+ and more to binge-watch their favorite programs and pig out as they chill out.However, a new study done by Nielsen, titled “State of Play,” has found that watchers are bogged down and inundated with too many viewing choices.The report conducted by the renowned ratings site used several methods to compile the data.Nielsen investigated their TV and streaming ratings, as well as insights from their Gracenote content-recognition service, and also surveyed many streaming users.The survey discovered that 46% of streaming customers are stressed out over the number of titles available to watch.

This makes it harder for watchers to find specific programs that they desire to view.According to the report, as of February, there are 817,000 unique program titles (series, movies, documentaries and specials) available on streaming services.This is an increase of about 171,000 titles (26.5%) since the end of 2019.

There is a rising continued boost in the amount of content that corresponds to the increase in time spent streaming. Nielsen reported that people spent a total of 169.4 billion minutes glued to their screens in February.

This created an 18% increase from last year, which had people watching 143.2 billion minutes. Nowadays, streaming services have been estimated to account for nearly 28% of total TV habits over the past 10 months.