Millennials love media on smartphones, shun live TV

The Millennials lead other age groups in media consumption on smartphones but watch the least amount of live television, according to new data from Nielsen. Reflecting the trend that has kept TV executives awake at night, US adults between the ages of 18 to 34 watched on average only 22 hours of TV a week, according to Nielsen's Q1 2015 Total Audience Report. TV still remains more popular than other devices in hours spent, but the Millennials' consumption pales in comparison to 36 hours spent a week in front of the tube by all adults.

The Millennial set spends "nearly as much time using digital devices as a whole as they do watching TV," the study said. Perhaps owing to its ubiquity in cars, radio remains the most widely used device, with 93 percent of adults saying they listen to it each week. It was followed by TVs (87 percent), smartphones (70 percent), personal computers (54 percent) and tablets (35 percent). Underscoring the stereotype of the neck-bent-forward twentysomethings, they also love their smartphones, spending 9 1/2 hours a week on the device. For all adults, the average is 5 1/2 hours a week.