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  "id": "youtube-number-one-streaming-watch-time-us-nielsen",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/youtube-number-one-streaming-watch-time-us-nielsen/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-number-one-streaming-watch-time-us-nielsen.json",
  "claim": "YouTube has been #1 in US streaming watch time for nearly three years, according to Nielsen",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"YouTube is the most-watched streaming service on TV\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube (citing Nielsen)",
    "title": "YouTube Press — YouTube by the numbers",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "YouTube has been #1 in streaming watchtime in the U.S. for nearly three years. According to Nielsen, as of January 2026.",
  "method": "Nielsen's The Gauge measures share of total TV-screen viewing in the US; this page is YouTube's summary of it.",
  "drift": [
    "Scope: TV-screen streaming share in Nielsen's Gauge, not all YouTube viewing on phones"
  ],
  "interest": "YouTube is reporting a third-party measurement in its favor.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube, citing Nielsen, says it has led US streaming watch time on TV for nearly three years (as of January 2026).",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Press",
      "url": "https://blog.youtube/press/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Nielsen data as of January 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}