High-Net-Worth Report

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Many of local broadcast TV’s top categories over index for High-Net-Worth households.

This presentation highlights the high-net-worth data we have accumulated from multiple of our studies, including Media Comparisons, the Purchase Funnel, Media and Conversations, as well as the Voter Funnel study. We defined high-net-worth as those with a net-worth of $500,000 or more. Where the sample allowed, we were able to break this down further to one million+.

From our studies, we learned that there is a very strong story for broadcast TV among high-net-worth households.

Key points:

  • TV has the highest reach, and people spend the most time with TV out of all media platforms studied.
  • Exposure to a media platform is not a guarantee of consumer importance, except for TV.
  • Local TV news is the most trusted and primary source of for news. Local TV news websites/apps is the most trusted digital source with social media being the least trusted.
  • High-Net-Worth households’ conversations about news are significantly affected by Television.
  • Television is the most important influencer at all stages of the purchase funnel among high-net-worth households.
    • Television’s influence on awareness grows as household net-worth increases.
  • Total broadcast assets can reach 93% of High-Net-Worth households.
  • Broadcast and Streaming: it’s not an either/or decision, it’s an AND:
    • For time spent on a TV screen with ads, High-Net-Worth households spend more time with linear TV than the average A18+.
    • Advertisers cannot reach those High-Net-Worth households who stream with no ads, but broadcast assets can.
Source: GfK/NIQ TVB Media Comparisons Study 2025. M-S 4A-2A. Persons 18+, Persons 18+ HH Net-Worth $500-999K (n=301) & $1M+ (n=293).
Source: GfK/NIQ TVB Media Comparisons Study 2025. M-S 4A-2A. Persons 18+, Persons 18+ HH Net-Worth $500K+. Time Spent on TV set viewing programming (not short form).
Source: GfK/NIQ TVB Purchase Funnel 2025; A18+ High-Net-Worth HH $500K+; % Most important media type among those who saw/heard ads in at least 1 media source at 2%+ shown; 2%, 1%, & 0% not shown/labeled. QA4 “Thinking about the ads you saw/heard for the category, which advertising media made you aware of the category?”

For more information, please contact Hadassa Gerber, Chief Research Officer, TVB