News consumption in the UK
This series of reports looks at UK adults' consumption across television, radio, print, social media and other websites or apps.
We look at the UK news market as a whole, but also publish individual reports for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
2023
Document | Date published |
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News consumption in the UK: 2023 (PDF, 3.1 MB) | 20 July 2023 |
Cael gafael ar Newyddion yn y Deyrnas Unedig: 2023 (PDF, 1.5 MB) | 20 July 2023 |
Supporting data (PDF, 998.1 KB) | 20 July 2023 |
News Consumption Survey 2023: Northern Ireland (PDF, 560.6 KB) | 20 July 2023 |
News Consumption Survey 2023: Scotland (PDF, 766.2 KB) | 20 July 2023 |
News Consumption Survey 2023: Wales (PDF, 753.6 KB) | 20 July 2023 |
Cael gafael ar newyddion yn y DU 2023: Cymru (PDF, 562.4 KB) | 20 July 2023 |
Teen News Consumption Survey
Our research into news consumption across television, radio, print and online among children / teenagers aged 12-15.
Document | Date published |
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Technical report (PDF, 225.8 KB) | 26 May 2023 |
Questionnaire (PDF, 313.2 KB) | 26 May 2023 |
Data tables (XLSX, 3.0 MB) | 26 May 2023 |
Respondent-level data (CSV, 3.0 MB) | 26 May 2023 |
News Consumption Survey
Our research into news consumption across television, radio, print and online.
Document | Date published |
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Combined face-to-face and online technical report (PDF, 285.3 KB) | 26 May 2023 |
Face-to-face questionnaire (PDF, 986.5 KB) | 26 May 2023 |
Online questionnaire (PDF, 970.7 KB) | 26 May 2023 |
Data tables (XLSX, 8.8 MB) | 26 May 2023 |
Respondent-level data (CSV, 46.2 MB) | 26 May 2023 |
Older reports
News Consumption in the UK: 2022 (PDF, 3.9 MB)
News Consumption in the UK: overview of 2022 (PDF, 218.2 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey combined F2F and online technical report (PDF, 213.5 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey F2F questionnaire (PDF, 512.3 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey online questionnaire (PDF, 506.7 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey combined F2F and online data tables (XLSX, 9.8 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey combined F2F and online respondent level (CSV, 29.3 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey online sample only data tables (XLSX, 10.4 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey online sample only respondent level (CSV, 37.3 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey online sample only technical report (PDF, 164.4 KB)
Teens News Consumption Survey technical report (PDF, 197.6 KB)
Teens News Consumption Survey questionnaire (PDF, 317.9 KB)
Teens News Consumption Survey data tables (XLSX, 3.3 MB)
Teens News Consumption Survey respondent level (CSV, 2.8 MB)
Nations reports
News Consumption Survey 2022 - Wales (PDF, 357.6 KB)
News Consumption Survey 2022 - Scotland (PDF, 858.7 KB)
News Consumption Survey 2022 - Northern Ireland (PDF, 535.9 KB)
News Consumption in the UK: 2021 report (PPTX, 4.6 MB)
News Consumption in the UK: overview of 2021 findings (PDF, 193.2 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 combined CATI and online data tables (XLSX, 1.6 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 combined CATI and online respondent level (CSV, 7.7 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 combined CATI and online technical report (PDF, 193.9 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 online sample only data tables (XLSX, 11.7 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 online sample only respondent level (CSV, 36.5 MB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 online sample only technical report (PDF, 186.0 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 online questionnaire (PDF, 486.6 KB)
Adults News Consumption Survey 2021 CATI questionnaire (PDF, 472.6 KB)
Childrens News Consumption Survey 2021 data tables (XLSX, 4.1 MB)
Childrens News Consumption Survey 2021 respondent level (CSV, 2.9 MB)
Childrens News Consumption Survey 2021 technical report (PDF, 173.1 KB)
Childrens News Consumption Survey 2021 questionnaire (PDF, 320.2 KB)
Nations reports
News Consumption Survey 2021 - Wales (PPTX, 608.3 KB)
News Consumption Survey 2021 - Scotland (PPTX, 517.4 KB)
News Consumption Survey 2021 - Northern Ireland (PPTX, 623.5 KB)
News consumption in the UK: 2020 report (PDF, 6.7 MB)
News consumption in the UK: overview of 2020 findings (PDF, 297.5 KB)
Adults news consumption in the UK: 2020 data tables (XLSX, 10.5 MB)
Adults news consumption in the UK: 2020 questionnaire (PDF, 530.7 KB)
Adults news consumption in the UK: 2020 raw data (CSV, 39.2 MB)
Adults news consumption in the UK: 2020 technical report (PDF, 189.5 KB)
Children's news consumption in the UK: 2020 data tables (XLSX, 3.2 MB)
Children's news consumption in the UK: 2020 questionnaire (PDF, 384.0 KB)
Children's news consumption in the UK: 2020 raw data (CSV, 2.8 MB)
Children's news consumption in the UK: 2020 technical report (PDF, 158.2 KB)
Nations reports
News Consumption Survey - Scotland (PDF, 951.7 KB)
News consumption in the UK: 2019 report (PDF, 2.2 MB)
News consumption in the UK: overview of 2019 findings (PDF, 270.3 KB)
News consumption in the UK: 2019 data tables (XLSX, 6.7 MB)
News consumption in the UK: 2019 questionnaire (PDF, 417.5 KB)
News consumption in the UK: 2019 raw data (CSV, 80.9 MB)
News consumption in the UK: 2019 technical report (PDF, 164.2 KB)
Nations reports
News Consumption Survey - Scotland (PDF, 682.6 KB)
This report provides the findings of Ofcom’s 2018 research into news consumption across television, radio, print and online. It is published as part of our range of market research reports which examine the consumption of content, and attitudes towards that content, across different platforms.
The aim of this slide pack report is to inform an understanding of news consumption across the UK and within each UK nation. This includes sources and platforms used, the perceived importance of different outlets for news, attitudes to individual news sources, local news use and news consumption in the nations.
The primary source is Ofcom’s News Consumption Survey. The report also contains information from our Media Tracker survey, and a range of industry currencies including BARB for television viewing, Touchpoints for national newspaper readership, ABC for newspaper circulation, and comScore for online consumption.
Please note, because of changes we have made to the 2018 News Consumption Survey methodology, it is not possible to make direct comparisons to previous data. Further detail on how and why we changed the methodology can be found on slide 143 of the report.
News consumption in the UK: 2018 report (PDF, 2.6 MB)
News consumption in the UK: 2018 data tables (XLSX, 18.2 MB)
News consumption in the UK: 2018 questionnaire (PDF, 2.1 MB)
News consumption in the UK: 2018 raw data
News consumption in the UK: 2018 technical report (PDF, 183.3 KB)