Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day.
As people communicate seamlessly online and offline, we now need to invest our efforts into making digital communications work for everyone
Ofcom wants to understand how adults and children in the UK use media.
Under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom's job is to make online services safer for the people who use them. We make sure companies have effective systems in place to protect users from harm.
Ofcom is committed to a thriving telecoms sector, where companies can compete fairly and customers benefit from a broad range of services.
Ofcom's job is to make sure there is a universal postal service.
You can't see or feel radio spectrum, but we use it every day. Our job is to authorise and manage the use of spectrum in the UK.
We make sure that broadcasters provide quality TV, radio and on-demand programmes that appeal to diverse audiences. We also have rules in place to protect viewers and listeners from harm.
How to make the most of communications services as a small business.
How to make the most of the services you use, and deal with problems.
Proposals we are consulting on and decisions we've made.
How we make sure companies follow our rules, to protect customers and promote competition.
Rules, guidance and other information for the industries we regulate.
If you're looking to use certain radio equipment, or broadcast on TV or radio, you'll need a licence from Ofcom.
Our latest news, features, views and information about our work.
Evidence we gather to inform our work as a regulator.
Published: 5 December 2024
Last updated: 21 May 2025
Ofcom's statistical release calendar lists the Official Statistics we are due to publish in 2025.
Published: 15 April 2024
This report outlines the findings from Ofcom research into people’s audio habits: what they listen to, how they’re listening and why.
Published: 13 March 2024
We publish data on which UK telephone numbers are available for allocation or are allocated, and lists of codes for use in number porting and other administrative tasks.
Published: 19 May 2025
This report sets out the extent to which broadcast television channels and on-demand programme services (ODPS) carried subtitles, audio description and/or signing (collectively, “access services”) between January and December 2024.
Published: 23 October 2023
Last updated: 19 May 2025
This section covers research into usability of devices and services, and accessibility, particularly in relation to older people and those with disabilities.
Published: 20 May 2024
‘EPG’ stands for Electronic Programme Guide, sometimes referred to as a ‘TV guide’. It's an onscreen menu that tells users what TV programmes are available on their television and allows them to navigate to different channels and programmes.
Published: 20 July 2023
Last updated: 16 May 2025
Ofcom’s latest research into UK adults’ news consumption across television, radio, print, social media and other websites or apps.
Published: 16 May 2025
A report examining the experiences of online hate and abuse faced by professionals working in sports and broadcasting.
In accordance with the conditions for pre-release access to Official Statistics set out in the DCMS statement of compliance, named officials can receive privileged early access to Official Statistics.
Published: 14 March 2024
Last updated: 13 May 2025
What good media literacy 'by design' looks like for social media, search, video-sharing and gaming services.
Published: 9 September 2024
Last updated: 9 May 2025
In December 2022, Ofcom commissioned 13 organisations to test and evaluate different approaches to improving media literacy skills among three cohort groups: children and young people; older adults, and; disabled people and people with learning disabilities. This report summarises the main challenges and lessons learned in terms of evaluating media literacy interventions.
Published: 19 December 2023
Last updated: 8 May 2025
Reports on the UK’s communications infrastructure, focusing on coverage and performance of fixed broadband and mobile networks.
Published: 17 October 2023
Ofcom’s PND Report is prepared and published to supplement our infrastructure reports (known as our Connected Nations reports). The basis and purpose of this report are set out below and provide important context to the information we publish.
Published: 8 May 2025
This report provides a snapshot of mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of January 2025. It is an interim update to our Connected Nations 2024 report (CN2024), which was based on fixed broadband data from July 2024 and mobile coverage data from September 2024.
Our 2025 forward-looking report examines the anticipated increase in fixed network coverage supporting very high speed broadband services by the end of 2027.
Last updated: 7 May 2025
Ofcom's statistical release calendar lists the Official Statistics we are due to publish in 2023.
Published: 27 September 2023
Ofcom’s regular research into adults’ media literacy gives detailed evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among UK adults aged 16+.
Our research includes findings relating to parents’ views about their children’s media use, and the ways that parents seek to – or decide not to – monitor or limit use of different types of media.
This annual report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding, and how these change over time.
Published: 19 April 2023
A research project which follows 21 children, aged 8-18 since 2014, interviewing them on camera each year about their media habits and attitudes.
Published: 7 May 2025
This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17.
Published: 26 September 2023
Ofcom's Adults' Media Lives study was set up in 2005 to provide a small-scale, rich and detailed qualitative complement to Ofcom's quantitative surveys of media literacy. The project follows the same 19 individuals over time, and interviews them on camera each year about their media habits and attitudes.
Published: 27 November 2023
Last updated: 6 May 2025
Ofcom’s open data is a mix of data from or about the companies we regulate in the communications sector, and the citizens and consumers who use them.
Published: 21 October 2021
Last updated: 2 May 2025
This report explores UK adults’ access to and use of connected devices, their attitudes and opinions towards television and radio broadcasting, and related areas such as advertising and regulation. It summarises the findings set out in the accompanying chart pack analysis of the research results.
Published: 25 January 2024
Last updated: 1 May 2025
We publish the number of complaints we have received about landline, broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV services.
Published: 29 January 2024
Last updated: 30 April 2025
Ofcom's Making Sense of Media bulletin summarises media literacy activities by a range of organisations in the UK and overseas.
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