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This was followed by SkyGo with 17% having watched it, Now TV (that allows people to purchase sports packages with 12.6%, while BT TV had 6.8% of the population watch it.<\/p><p>Movies and TV shows also saw plenty of people watching them through illicit means. 2.25 million people (4.3%) opted not to go to the cinema, pay for a movie at home or for a streaming service last year.<\/p><p>Despite this, the number of people who have used streaming services has risen since Finder last conducted this research in 2019. Almost 9 in 10 people (89.1%) have used a legal streaming service over the past 12 months, up from 82% in 2019.<\/p><p>Netflix remains the most popular service with 62.3% of Brits having used it, up from 54%. Disney+ is a newcomer, having not existed when the research last ran, and comes in 3rd place with 32.8% of Brits having used it (Amazon Prime was 2nd).<\/p><p>Following SkyGo and Now TV is TV player with 8.9% and Apple TV + with 8%.<\/p><p>To see the full research into how Brits are streaming, including age, regional and gender breakdowns, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/stats-facts\/tv-streaming-statistics\">https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/tv-streaming-statistics<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 2 million admitted illegally streaming some form of sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3788],"tags":[],"asset_tag":[],"class_list":["post-460716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.9 (Yoast SEO v24.9) - 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