Ivory Coast: TV viewership up and internet usage down in Q1 2022, according to Médiamétrie

The audience ratings for the first quarter of 2022 have just been published by Médiamétrie, just a few days after the end of the data collection period.

TV

The cumulative television audience among those aged 15 and over continues to grow, reaching 97.2%

, compared to 93.3%

in the fourth quarter of 2021

and 85%

in the

third quarter of 2021. 

Between January 8 and March 20, 2022, more than 66.3%

of Abidjan residents were familiar with DTT, compared to 59.7%

in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Among those who are familiar with DTT, 51.9%

intend to purchase an adapter to receive digital television, representing 34.4%

of Abidjan residents. At the end of 2021, this indicator stood at 29.7%. INTERNET

In the same survey, the percentage of people who said they had connected to the internet the previous day fell to 51.7%

of respondents, compared to 56.8%

in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 54.8%

in the third quarter of 2021.

Social media use is also declining, with 64.7%

of individuals reporting that they are registered on at least one social network, compared to 68.7%

in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 69.7%

in the third quarter of 2021.

Among the main social networks, Facebook still leads the way, followed by Instagram, Twitter, and then LinkedIn.

The number of people registered on a social network is falling sharply, with 46.8%

saying they log on every day or almost every day, compared to 52.4

% at the end of 2021.

This study provides information on awareness, viewing habits and audience figures for television channels, as well as internet usage on a quarterly basis. It is supplemented twice a year by audience measurements for radio stations. The surveys were conducted face-to-face in three 16-day waves from January 8 to March 20, 2022, among 1,693 people aged 15 and over who are representative of the population living in Abidjan.