FILE IMAGE - Various streaming services can be seen on the display of an iPhone SE. (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) Anyone with a streaming platform can vouch for the wide variety and the sheer volume of television and movie options available today.
And according to new data from media research firm Nielsen, people are feeling overwhelmed by all the choices. A report released this month, which compiled results from a Nielsen survey of nearly 1,400 U.S.
adults who currently use streaming services, found that many feel inundated by all the content. Nearly half (46%) said it’s harder to find the video content that they want to watch "because there are too many streaming services available."And this checks out — as the amount of content available today on different streaming platforms is staggering and only continues to grow.
In December 2019, there were just over 646,000 unique program titles across U.S. traditional TV and streaming services. As of February 2022, that number had grown to more than 817,000, according to Gracenote, a Nielsen company.RELATED: Oscars 2022: Where to stream ‘CODA’ and what our critics thoughtStreaming adoption and usage increased during the COVID-19 pandemic when many were forced to stay home with little to do beyond watching TV and movies.