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  "id": "youtube-tv-primary-device-us-watch-time",
  "slug": "youtube-tv-primary-device-us-watch-time",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/youtube-tv-primary-device-us-watch-time/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-tv-primary-device-us-watch-time.json",
  "claim": "TV has surpassed mobile as the primary device for YouTube viewing in the US",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Most YouTube watching is on TV now\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube",
    "title": "From the YouTube CEO: Our big bets for 2025 (Feb. 11, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "TV has surpassed mobile and is now the primary device for YouTube viewing in the U.S. (by watch time)",
  "method": "YouTube internal watch-time data, cited by its CEO.",
  "drift": [
    "By watch time, not by number of viewers",
    "US only"
  ],
  "interest": "YouTube selling TV-screen ad inventory.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube says TV overtook mobile as the top device for YouTube watch time in the US (CEO letter, February 2025).",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Blog — Our big bets for 2025",
      "url": "https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/our-big-bets-for-2025/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "February 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}