The provided pie charts illustrate the changes of appliances that individuals aged 18 to 25 use for watching television programmes in Canada over two different years.
Overall, the statistics depict remarkable transformations of devices utilization between 2007 and 2017: Conventional TV underwent a significant drop, in contrast, Flat-screen TV replaced the Conventional one and became the dominant choice. Besides, these other devices witnessed both upward and downward trends; however, TV remained the most popular television-watching appliance.
In 2007, Conventional TVs were the most favored devices for television viewing accounting for 34%, which substantially fell to only 4% by 2017, leading it to become the least popular appliances. By contrast, Flat-screen TVs underwent a prominent rise from 18% in 2007 to 27% in 2017, which was obviously the evidence of its 1st popularity.
A general trend, which is gaining in popularity especially among the young, is watching television in smaller and more portable devices than 2007. As a result, both Mobile phones and Tablets experienced considerable growth over 10 years from 2007 to 2017, from 15% to 26% and 5% to 19% respectively. However, both Laptop and Desktop saw slight decreases in percentage terms of 8% and 6% respectively. Consequently, Mobile phones presented as the most chosen devices for television viewing, while Conventional TVs made up the smallest proportion in 2017.