What types of media do Germans use?

Media use is an almost omnipresent part of life in Germany. But how exactly is media consumption reflected across the population? In this article we are taking a look at people between 14 and 69 years of age.  

Media is used almost eleven hours per day  

In 2025, people in Germany used media for 10 hours and 53 minutes per day on average. 

Radio is the number one 

Germans listen to the radio for more than three hours (189 minutes) per day with a rising trend, and often while doing other things such as chores or exercise. 

Traditional television remains popular, streaming is on the rise 

Linear television is the second most popular type of media in Germany (175 minutes per day). Online use of media libraries and video platforms is currently in third place (143 minutes) with an upward trend.

Only half an hour of internet use? 

When online videos, music streaming and communication, such as emailing, are excluded, time spent using the internet (21 minutes per day) and social media (14 minutes per day) is comparably low. However, if internet use for media consumption is considered on the whole, the situation looks quite different: over the past ten years, the time spent online more than doubled, from 80 minutes per day in 2016 to 197 minutes in 2025.

Press: increase in digital media use 

Around 37 million people in Germany read digital newspapers and magazines in 2025, while 28 million people read printed publications. The Federal Statistics Office reported that people aged 10 and up spent 27 minutes reading printed or digital media per day on average in 2024. A considerable decrease in consumption and circulation of printed newspapers can be observed, while digital newspapers are gaining popularity. On the whole, Germany has one of the world’s most diverse press landscapes, with more than 200 regional and local newspapers, for example.

(Sources: Vaunet, Statista, Federal Statistical Office and others)