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News consumption in the UK

21 July 2022

The aim of this series of reports is to inform an understanding of news consumption across the UK, and within each UK nation.

The findings are published as part of our range of market research publications that examine people’s consumption of, and attitudes towards, different types of content on different platforms.

2022 report

News Consumption in the UK: 2022 (PDF, 3.7 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)

See also...

  • Statistical release calendar 2022

    Ofcom's statistical release calendar lists the Official Statistics we are scheduled to publish in 2022.

  • TV, radio and on-demand research

    Research reports and data on the television and radio broadcasting sectors as well as on-demand services.

  • Open data

    26 July 2022

    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.

  • Statistical release calendar 2022: pre-release access lists

    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.

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