Media habits (children)

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2024

Published: 19 April 2024

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17.

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2024 – interactive data

Published: 19 April 2024

Last updated: 19 April 2024

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17. It also includes findings on parents’ views about their children’s media use, and how parents of children and young people aged 3-17 monitor and manage their children’s use.

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2020/21

Published: 13 July 2021

Last updated: 14 March 2024

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2023 – interactive data

Published: 29 March 2023

Last updated: 15 January 2024

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17. It also includes findings on parents’ views about their children’s media use, and how parents of children and young people aged 3-17 monitor and manage their children’s use.

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2023

Published: 15 January 2024

Last updated: 15 January 2024

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17.

Children’s Media Use and Attitudes

Published: 27 September 2023

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.

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2020/21 – interactive data

Published: 25 May 2023

Last updated: 16 June 2023

Children's Media Lives

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.

Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2018

Published: 5 March 2019

Last updated: 17 March 2023

This report provides detailed evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as detailed information about the media access and use of young children aged 3-4.

Parents more concerned about their children online

Published: 27 February 2023

Last updated: 16 March 2023

More parents than ever feel children’s online use now carries more risks than benefits, according to Ofcom’s latest research into children’s media and online lives.

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