Media habits (adults)

Adults' media use and attitudes 2024: interactive report

Published: 29 March 2023

Last updated: 19 April 2024

Media Nations 2021: Interactive report

Published: 22 January 2024

Last updated: 22 January 2024

Media Nations 2023: Latest UK viewing and listening trends revealed

Published: 10 January 2024

Last updated: 10 January 2024

Our latest annual report on the TV, online video, radio and audio sectors tracking audience viewing and listening trends.

Adults' media use and attitudes

Published: 27 September 2023

This annual report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding, and how these change over time.

Adults' media literacy

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+.

Adults' Media Lives

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.

Media Nations 2022: Interactive report

Published: 4 September 2023

Last updated: 4 September 2023

Top trends from our latest Media Nations research

Published: 3 August 2023

Last updated: 11 August 2023

Highlights from our latest research looking at the media habits and preferences of people across the UK.

Broadcasters in Wales remain popular while audiences embrace new platforms

Published: 3 August 2023

Last updated: 3 August 2023

Despite ever-increasing competition from global streaming services, the public service broadcasters (PSBs) in Wales continue to provide content that is highly valued by viewers, according to Ofcom’s latest annual report on the TV, online video, radio and audio sectors.

Media Nations 2023

Published: 3 August 2023

Last updated: 3 August 2023

Ofcom’s sixth annual Media Nations report reviews key trends in the media sector across the UK. The research includes broadcast TV and radio, as well as digital delivery including online video and audio streaming.

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