Social Media Websites such as Facebook and Bebo are not as popular to the internet enabled public as watching TV online, so says a new survey. An ever increasing number of users are leaving cable and watching the same shows on their internet enabled PC or other device, and now it has been confirmed that more users watch internet TV than visit popular social media sites.

The study by Pew Internet and American Life Project who surveyed over 2250 people also came up with some other interesting online tv facts:-

62% of adult Internet users watched a video or tv show online, up from just 33% in December 2006, and online video use is near universal by people younger than 18.

TV shows online are gaining popularity as 35% of Internet users say they now watch favorite shows online, up from just 16% in 2007.

The percentage of older viewers (65 plus) watching video online is nearly 30%, up from just 10% in 2006. At this rate, around half of the older generation over 65 could be viewing internet video very soon.

Of course the growth of broadband enabled households has helped the massive growth of online video. High speed Internet enabled households is now exceeding 63% in America. The popularity of Web video sites like YouTube and Hulu are helping push the trend as well. And of course worldtvpc.

Cellular mobile phone video is also gaining in popularity, although at a slower rate. 14% of cellular customers now watch video, up from around 10% in 2007.

The percentage of men vs women watching online tv has changed as well. Men have always watched more online tv and video than women. However the gap has narrowed. The share of women who visit video sharing sites has grown from 46% in 2008 to 59% now. Among men, 65% now watch online video, up from 57% in just last year.

The online tv revolution is having a big impact on the cable TV companies too.

Over 22% of Americans reveal that they have cut back on their cable TV service and nearly a third of those people have connected the PC to the Large screen and watched internet TV on the big screen.

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