Verified Confidence: medium
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
Safe rephrasing
YouTube says TV overtook mobile as the top device for YouTube watch time in the US (CEO letter, February 2025).
What the source says
TV has surpassed mobile and is now the primary device for YouTube viewing in the U.S. (by watch time)
YouTube — From the YouTube CEO: Our big bets for 2025 (Feb. 11, 2025)
- Commonly cited as
- "Most YouTube watching is on TV now"
- True origin
- YouTube — From the YouTube CEO: Our big bets for 2025 (Feb. 11, 2025)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- February 2025
- Last checked
- Method & sample
- YouTube internal watch-time data, cited by its CEO.
- Drift between quote and source
- By watch time, not by number of viewers
- US only
- Interest
- YouTube selling TV-screen ad inventory.