In 2022, more than half of the population aged 18 to 69 (52.8%) attended live shows in person and about two-fifths (40.5%) attended cinema sessions in theatres, which represented a decrease of 14.4 percentage points (pp) and of 5.1 pp compared to 2016. In person visits to cultural sites were carried out by more than a third (36.8%) of the population, 9.6 pp less than in 2016, with monuments, museums and historic districts being the most visited places in person.

Attending festivals mobilized 29.3% of the population aged 18 to 69. The most popular festivals to attend in person were Rock/Pop music (46.1%) and world music, traditional and other musical genres (37.8%).

One fifth of the population aged 18 to 69 (20.0%) watched online shows, with music concerts (86.4%) and comedy/stand-up shows (55.3%) being the most watched in digital format. Only one in ten people aged 18 to 69 (10.2%) visited cultural sites online, mainly monuments (7.7%) and museums (7.3%). 

More than two-fifths of the population (43.2%) watched series or other television programmes (excluding movies) every day or almost every day. Television and pay-tv services were the most widely used equipment and support for watching films, series and other television programmes.

Approximately one-fifth of the population aged 18 to 69 (19.0%) played video games at least once a week, while 8.4% played it almost every day.

Between 2016 and 2022, reading books as a leisure activity increased by 2.5 pp, covering, in 2022, 41.3% of the population aged 18 to 69, with paper being the preferred support for 94.7% of the readers. Women read more in their free time than men: about half (50.2%) of women aged 18 to 69 said they had read books as a leisure activity in the last 12 months, compared to less than a third of men (31.9%).

The daily reading of newspapers and/or magazines was reported by more than a third of the population aged 18 to 69 (35.6%), representing a decrease of 19.4 pp compared to 2016. The mobile phone/smartphone was the most used type of support in reading newspapers and/or magazines (63.8%), followed by paper (46.9%) and the computer (33.4%).