How Virtual Arts Participation Fared in 2022

Arts Journal

• In 2022, more than 43 percent of U.S. adults (18 years and older) used digital technology, over the course of a year, to watch or listen to a livestreamed music, dance, or theater event;
• just over 69 percent watched or listened to an archived web event featuring a music, dance, or theater performance;
• nearly 24 percent visited or toured an online art museum, gallery, or exhibit;
• more than 12 percent experienced a livestreamed poetry, book-reading, or storytelling event, while over 27 percent viewed or listened to archived web events featuring these art forms; and
• roughly 26 percent took an online class or lesson, or watched instructional videos, on creating or performing art, and 31 percent listened to a podcast about the arts.