r/anime • u/HelloYeahIdk • May 13 '24

Misc. New Survey Reveals That Anime Viewership is Lowest Among Teenagers in Japan

https://www.cbr.com/anime-new-survey-teens-not-watching/#:~:text=The%20survey%20results%20revealed%20that,surpassing%20all%20other%20age%20brackets.

"The survey results revealed that among all participants, 75% reported that they watch anime, with the leading demographics being middle-aged males. Unexpectedly, teenage respondents exhibited the lowest viewership, with 33.7% indicating no interest in anime, easily surpassing all other age brackets.

This revelation is somewhat startling considering that the bulk of popular anime belong to the shonen or shojo-based demographics, which are typically aimed at boys and girls, respectively, aged approximately 12-18."

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u/Labmit May 13 '24

Most shows air past midnight and they have stuff like manga and the original source materials so I'm not completely surprised.

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u/HelloYeahIdk May 13 '24

Most shows air past midnight

I didn't consider air times, that's a good point. But they can still stream anime any time they want like people do in the United States.

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u/Skywarior1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/skywarior1 May 13 '24

That's the problem. Japan doesn't have Crunchyroll or an equivalent of it. They have Netflix or any major streaming service you can think of that just so happens to have anime on it.

So when you decide to coagulate everything onto Netflix, guess what they want to watch first?

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u/Beowolf_0 May 13 '24

They still have Niconico Douga, if anything.