Active social media users more often feel creative
UK, 2025: social media makes 55% of active and 27% of passive users aged 16+ feel creative. The survey does not establish which came first.
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UK, 2025: social media makes 55% of active and 27% of passive users aged 16+ feel creative. The survey does not establish which came first.
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- Active users % of UK social media users aged 16+ in the stated group
2025: 55
- Passive users % of UK social media users aged 16+ in the stated group
2025: 27
Published estimates from one source are compared. Overlapping groups are not added as separate people; association is not causation.
Ofcom ©, Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes 2026. UK ages 16+, surveyed September 29–November 28, 2025. Each measure retains its own denominator; age and user group are labelled. Rounded estimates, intervals not imported. Methodology changed, so older years are not spliced into a trend. Task responses do not measure general intelligence; views of social media do not prove its effects.
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