Statistical release calendar 2024

The official statistics we will publish in 2024.

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January

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Adults' Media Literacy Tracker 18 January 2024 Media literacy - adults' surveys: media use, attitudes and understanding among the 16+ adult population of the UK. Adults’ Media Literacy Tracker 2023 data tables and associated documents
Telecommunications Market Data Update, Q3 2023 25 January 2024 High-level fixed and mobile telecoms market sizing statistics.

Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q3 2023 (PDF, 373.2 KB)

Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q3 2023 (CSV, 115.4 KB)

Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints, Q3 2023 25 January 2024 Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers. Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints, Q3 2023 (CSV, 13.3 KB)

February

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Children's Media Literacy Tracker 1 February 2024 Data which measures children aged 3-17 usage of different online apps and sites and other types of media, their understanding and attitudes and parental concerns and moderation. Children's Media Literacy Tracker 2023 data tables and associated documents
Affordability of Communication Services, Q4 2023 8 February 2024 Data tables tracking the affordability of communication services among UK adults.

Communications Affordability Tracker - Codebook (XLS, 258.0 KB)

Communications Affordability Tracker - Data (SAV, 691.7 KB)

Communications Affordability Tracker - Tables (XLSX, 2.6 MB)

March

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Residential Postal Tracker 1 March 2024 Dataset of the residential postal tracking survey conducted, providing data on residential consumers' use of post and attitudes to postal services.

Ofcom Residential Postal Tracker - Technical Appendix 2023 (PDF, 298.7 KB)

Residential Postal Tracker - Jan-Dec 2023 - Respondent Level Data (XLSX, 34.6 MB)

Residential Postal Tracker - Jan-Dec 2023 - Weighted Tables (XLSX, 16.2 MB)

Residential Postal Tracker - Jan-Dec 2023 - Weighted Tables (PDF, 26.9 MB)

SME Business Postal Tracker 1 March 2024 Dataset of the SME business postal tracking survey conducted, providing data on SMEs' use of post and attitudes to postal services. 

Technical Report for Business Postal Tracker 2023(PDF, 328.3 KB) 

Ofcom Business Postal Tracker Q1 - Q4 2023 respondent level data
(CSV, 20.6 MB)

Weighted tables - Ofcom Business Postal Tracker Q1 - Q4 2023
(XLSX, 6.5 MB)

Weighted tables - Ofcom Business Postal Tracker Q1 - Q4 2023 (PDF, 20.2 MB)

Experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages 20 March 2024 Research into consumers’ experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages. The research focused on understanding the prevalence of suspicious calls, texts and app messages, the measures individuals take to identify and screen out this content and whether/how they report it.

Experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages - technical report 2024 (PDF, 112.5 KB)

Experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages - questionnaire 2024
(PDF, 426.0 KB)

Experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages - data tables 2024
(PDF, 4.6 MB)

Experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages - data tables 2024
(XLSX, 1.2 MB)

Experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages - respondent level data 2024 (CSV, 3.3 MB)

April

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Public Service Media (PSM) Tracker 4 April 2024

Public service media tracking survey: attitudes and satisfaction with provision of characteristics associated with PSB provision in the UK across linear broadcasters and BVoD services.

PSM Tracker 2023 Technical Report
(PDF, 726.6 KB)

PSM Tracker 2023 Questionnaire (PDF, 639.2 KB)

PSM Tracker 2023 PDF Tables (PDF, 29.5 MB)

PSM Tracker 2023 Data Tables (XLSX, 25.0 MB)

PSM Tracker 2023 Raw Data (XLSX, 9.2 MB)

VSP Tracker Wave 5 15 April 2024 Tracker to investigate the extent to which users of VSP's have come across harmful content and their awareness and usage of safety measures and tools.

VSP Tracker Wave 5 Technical Report (PDF, 238.1 KB)

VSP Tracker Wave 5 Questionnaire (PDF, 253.9 KB)

VSP Tracker Wave 5 Data Tables (XLSX, 8.3 MB)

VSP Tracker Wave 5 Data (SAV, 3.6 MB)

Online Experiences Tracker 16 April 2024 Data tracking online experiences and online harms encountered.

Technical report (PDF, 709.1 KB)

Questionnaire (PDF, 709.1 KB)

Data guide (PDF, 76.3 KB)

Codebook (XLSX, 433.2 KB)

Data tables (XLSX, 32.5 MB)

Data (SAV, 28.7 MB)

Data SPSS including labels and values part 1 (ZIP, 61.7 MB)

Data SPSS including labels and values part 2 (ZIP, 57.5 MB)

Audio Survey 16 April 2024 This survey provides information on UK adults’ use of different audio platforms, including for example, radio, podcasts and music streaming services.

Audio Report (PDF, 274.4 KB)

Audio Survey Full data tables (XLSX, 61.4 MB)

Audio Survey Q1 only CATI Data Tables (XLSX, 431.3 KB)

Audio Survey Questionnaire (PDF, 371.8 KB)

Audio Survey Technical Report (PDF, 155.7 KB)

Podcast Survey 16 April 2024 This set of data tables provides information on UK adults’ use of podcasts.

Podcast Survey Full Data tables (XLSX, 18.2 MB)

Podcast Survey Questionnaire (PDF, 500.0 KB)

Podcast Survey Technical Report (PDF, 138.1 KB)

Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints, Q4 2023 17 April 2024 Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers. Telecoms and Pay-TV complaints, Q4 2023 (CSV, 13.4 KB)
Telecommunications Market Data Update, Q4 2023 25 April 2024 High-level fixed and mobile telecoms market sizing statistics. Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q4 2023 (PDF, 392.4 KB)

Telecommunications data revenues, volumes and market share update Q4 2023 (CSV, 119.9 KB)
Video-on-demand Survey 30 April 2024 This survey provides information on UK adults’ use of different video-on-demand platforms.  

May

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Television and on-demand programme services: data reporting provision of access services for the full calendar year 2023 20 May 2024 Compliance with subtitling, audio description and signing quotas.  
News Consumption Survey 22 May 2024 Research into UK adults’ news consumption across television, radio, print, social media and other websites or apps.  
Teens News Consumption Survey 22 May 2024 Research into UK 12-15 year olds' news consumption across television, radio, print, social media and other websites or apps.  
Affordability of Communication Services, Q1 2024 22 May 2024 Data tables tracking the affordability of communication services among UK adults.  

June

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
BBC Performance Tracker June 2024 The BBC performance tracker provides Ofcom with an evidence base to assess audience opinions on the BBC’s performance against its delivery of four public purposes. The data tables contain the results from fieldwork period April 2023 to March 2024.  
BBC Children's Performance Tracker June 2024 This survey is the Children’s version of the BBC Performance Tracker. It provides Ofcom with an evidence base to assess audience opinions on the BBC’s performance against its delivery of four public purposes.  
Technology Tracker June 2024 Annual tracker looking at ownership and usage of technologies.  

July

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
List of channels required to provide access services in 2025 July 2024 List of television channels licensed by Ofcom required to provide access services.  
Number of hours broadcast by public television broadcasters July 2024 Data showing number of hours broadcast by PSB channels.  
Commercial broadcast television revenues and spend July 2024 Data showing revenues for the commercial TV sector in the UK.  
Number of hours broadcast by the multichannel sector July 2024 Data showing number of hours broadcast by the multichannel sector.  
Number of commercial radio services broadcasting July 2024 Data showing the number of commercial radio services.  
Commercial radio revenues July 2024 Data showing revenues for the commercial radio sector in the UK.  
Community radio revenues and expenses July 2024 Data showing revenues for the community radio sector in the UK.  
Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints, Q1 2024 July 2024 Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers.  
Telecommunications Market Data Update, Q1 2024 July 2024 High-level fixed and mobile telecoms market sizing statistics.  

August

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Proportion of public service broadcaster network hours made outside London August 2024 Data showing the proportion of qualifying network hours broadcast that qualified as regional productions.  
Public Service Broadcasting Network Compliance Report August 2024 Compliance with a range of quotas including originations, independent productions, news, current affairs, made out of London productions and regional output.  
Made outside London programme titles register: description of TV programmes produced outside London August 2024 A list of the programmes produced by the PSBs outside of the M25, and criteria against which each programme qualifies as Made Outside London.  
Affordability of Communication Services, Q2 2024 August 2024 Data tables tracking the affordability of communication services among UK adults.  

September

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Post volumes and revenues (within the Communications Market Report) September 2024 Data relating to letters and parcels volumes and revenues.  
Annual Monitoring Report - Post volumes and revenues September 2024 Data relating to letters and parcels volumes and revenues.  
Residential Postal Tracker September 2024 This is dataset of the residential postal tracking survey conducted, providing data on residential consumers' use of post and attitudes to postal services.  
SME Business Postal Tracker September 2024 Dataset of the SME business postal tracking survey conducted, providing data on SMEs' use of post and attitudes to postal services. Data showing the proportion of qualifying network hours broadcast that qualified as regional productions.  
VSP Tracker September 2024 Tracker to investigate the extent to which users of VSP's have come across harmful content and their awareness and usage of safety measures and tools.  

October

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Television access services: Report for the first six months of 2024 October 2024 Compliance with subtitling, audio description and signing quotas.  
Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints, Q2 2024 October 2024 Data showing Ofcom complaint volumes per 100,000 subscribers.  
Online Experiences Tracker October 2024 Data tracking online experiences and online harms encountered.  
Telecommunications Market Data Update, Q2 2024 October 2024 High-level fixed and mobile telecoms market sizing statistics.  

November

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Pricing trends for communications services in the UK November 2024 Report outlining trends in the pricing of residential communications services and the implications of these for consumers and Ofcom's policy considerations.  
Switching Experience Tracker November 2024 Research amongst UK decision makers to understand motivations/reasons for switching service providers as well as any barriers/difficulties in doing so.  
Affordability of Communication services, Q3 2024 November 2024 Data tables tracking the affordability of communication services among UK adults.  
Parcels Tracker November 2024 The survey monitors customer experience in relation to parcel deliveries and associated complaints handling.  

December

Official statistic Date publishedContentData
Limiting Conditions Tracker December 2024 The tracker aims to understand access and personal use of communications devices and services among those with an impacting or limiting condition.

Adults' Media Literacy Tracker 2023

Children's Media Literacy Tracker 2023