62 per cent name a smart television as their preferred device. Weekly viewing is modest: half of respondents watch under three hours.
Asked which device they prefer for Christian films, series and documentaries, 62 per cent of respondents name a smart television. Laptop or computer follows at 14 per cent, tablet at 12 per cent and phone at 10 per cent.
That places this viewing in the living room rather than on a second screen, which has consequences for how content is made and how long it can reasonably be.
The time figures are more modest than the device figure might suggest. Thirty-two per cent watch one to three hours a week and 31 per cent less than an hour. Twenty per cent say it varies a great deal, 12 per cent watch three to six hours and 5 per cent more than six.
Taken together, this is appointment viewing in a shared space, in fairly small quantities. Christian content forms part of a wider media diet rather than replacing it.
For anyone planning format or length, the television-first finding argues against assuming a mobile, short-form default for this audience. It does not follow that short form has no role, since discovery happens elsewhere, but the place where something is eventually watched is not the place where it was found.
The report sets out the full device and time figures by age band, and the channel questions that sit alongside them.
Source: European Christian Media Survey 2026