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UK Video Streaming Services Market Report 2025
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The video streaming market continues to thrive, with UK adults spending more time watching video on-demand services. Despite economic challenges, subscription streaming services (SVOD) lead in TV and video content…
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UK Video Streaming Services Market Report 2025

"Younger adults spend more time on video sharing platforms, but there is opportunity for subscription streaming services to boost engagement through live sports coverage."

Yogita Burke, Cross-category Research Analyst

Yogita Burke, Cross-category Research Analyst

UK Video Streaming Services Industry – Trends and Insights

  • The video streaming market continues to thrive, with UK adults spending more time watching video on-demand services. Despite economic challenges, subscription streaming services (SVOD) lead in TV and video content viewing.
  • Ongoing rising costs have made price a critical factor for subscribers. While ad-supported tiers remain attractive, offering flexibility, such as pause options, and a consistent stream of fresh content, will help with subscriber retention.
  • The main threat for SVOD is younger adults shifting their viewing time to video sharing platforms. However, there is an opportunity to recapture their attention. This demographic shows strong demand for live sports content on SVOD services. By offering women’s sports coverage, celebrity or influencer based unconventional sports and affordable plans focused on live sports highlights can hold appeal.
  • Most UK adults subscribe to two or more services to access their desired content, often leading to subscription fatigue. Bundled streaming apps offer a solution to this problem and, while still uncommon, have started to emerge in the US market. Future acquisitions or partnerships between SVOD services could pave the way for more widely available bundled apps.

This Report Looks at the Following Areas:

  • Trends in TV and video viewing habits, including services used, and the threat of younger adults’ high engagement on video-sharing platforms to subscription services
  • Overview of subscription streaming services, highlighting key factors influencing subscription choices, and opportunities to offer bundled streaming apps
  • Analysis of video streaming subscriber behaviour, including impact of password sharing restrictions, and strategies to address subscriber churn and subscription fatigue
  • Focus on younger adults’ interest in live sports coverage and opportunities for subscription streaming services to boost engagement
Report AttributesDetails
Published DateDecember 2025
Report AuthorYogita Burke, Cross-category Research Analyst
Market Data Range2022–2024 (viewing minutes per day by platform)
Market SegmentationBy platform (subscription streaming services, broadcaster VOD, video-sharing platforms), By age group (16–34, 55–64, 65+), By subscription type (single service, multiple services)
Consumer Data2,000 internet users aged 16+, September 2025
Leading Brands in the UK Video Streaming ServicesNetflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, ITVX Premium, DAZN, Paramount+
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  1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    • What you need to know
    • Outlook for the video streaming services market
    • Opportunities
    • Look beyond pricing to engage over-65s
    • Cater to younger adults’ interest for live sports
    • Offer bundled streaming apps to overcome subscription fatigue
  2. THE MARKET

    • Time spent viewing video streaming services continues to rise
    • Graph 1: total at-home video viewing minutes per individual* per day, by platform, 2022-24
    • Advancements in 5G network continue to support video streaming
    • Subscription streaming services need to adapt strategies to engage 16-34s
    • Netflix is market leader in video streaming subscriptions
    • Graph 2: number of personal subscriptions, by video streaming service, 2025
    • Inflationary pressure leads to subscription churn for some subscribers
    • Legal reforms to bolster free streaming services and safeguard social media users
  3. THE CONSUMER

    • Video streaming subscriptions and influencing factors
    • Video streaming subscribers
    • The prevalence of multiple streaming subscriptions underscores the need to prioritise subscriber retention
    • Graph 3: number of personal video streaming service subscriptions, 2025
    • Demand for bundled video streaming apps
    • Address subscription fatigue through bundled video streaming apps
    • Price is a motivator for most subscribers
    • Graph 4: important factors when selecting a subscription streaming service (any rank up to three), by age group, 2025
    • Over-65s stream more free broadcaster content
    • Graph 5: usage of free broadcaster and/or subscription streaming services, among those who have watched more streaming services than a year ago, by age group, 2025
    • Subscription services need to look beyond pricing to engage over-65s
    • Subscriber behaviour
    • Content-driven subscribers
    • Retain content-driven subscribers with fresh content
    • Address subscriber churn through pause options
    • Personal subscriptions unaffected by password sharing restrictions
    • Graph 6: number of personal subscriptions, by those who stopped using a subscription streaming service due to restrictions on password sharing vs overall, 2025
    • Younger adults’ interest in live sport content on subscription services
    • Live sports content holds subscription growth potential among younger adults
    • Younger adults want more coverage of women’s live sports
    • Overcome cost barrier with bundled live sports apps
    • Attract content-driven younger adults with unconventional sports
    • Target younger adults with real-time sports highlights
  4. COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AND INNOVATION

    • Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will boost its market dominance
    • Fusion of sports competition and entertainment
    • DAZN enhances football fan experience with live notifications and highlights
    • Broadcasting deals increase the visibility of women’s live sports
    • Paramount secures the UEFA Champions League
    • Bundled video streaming apps are rare in the UK, but some have emerged in the US
    • ITV expands streaming service reach
  5. APPENDIX

    • At-home video viewing minutes, by platform and age group, 2025
    • Graph 7: total at-home video viewing minutes per individual per day, by platform and age group, 2025
    • At-home video viewing minutes, by platform and age group, variance 2023-24
    • Graph 8: variance of total at-home video viewing minutes per individual per day, by platform and age group, 2023-24
    • The consumer
    • Consumer research questions
    • Consumer research methodology
    • Repertoire analysis methodology
    • UK generation groups
    • Abbreviations

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