among high-speed internet users who watched at least five hours of TV per week and used FAST services
Supplementary notes
Original question: "How often do you turn to [FAST] when you’re looking for something new to watch, but don’t have a specific show or movie in mind?"
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FAST services as means of looking for new shows United States 2026
A 2026 survey found that ** percent of Americans sometimes used free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) to find something new to watch when they did not have a particular title in mind. Roughly** reported rarely or never doing so.
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Hub Entertainment Research. (May 15, 2026). Frequency of using free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) to find something new to watch in the United States as of February 2026 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/1662627/us-fast-service-use-as-a-discovery-channel/
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