The UK has reached a generational tipping point in news consumption, with online overtaking traditional TV for the first time, according to research from Ofcom.
While there is little distance between the two, those who said that they consume online news in some capacity hit 71% this year, ahead of those who said they consume news via TV by one percentage point.
According to the regulator’s latest News consumption in the UK tracker, the rising use of social media for news, not only from young people, is the driving force.
More than half of UK adults (52%) now use platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to access news, up from 47% in 2023.
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