AI news use has a tenfold gap between youngest and oldest adults
UK, 2025–2026 survey: 30% of adults aged 16–24 encountered news via AI apps or summaries, versus 3% of ages 75+. Reference period: last month.
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UK, 2025–2026 survey: 30% of adults aged 16–24 encountered news via AI apps or summaries, versus 3% of ages 75+. Reference period: last month.
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- Ages 16–24 % of UK adults aged 16+ in the stated group
2026: 30
- Ages 75+ % of UK adults aged 16+ in the stated group
2026: 3
Published estimates from one source are compared. Overlapping groups are not added as separate people; association is not causation.
Ofcom ©, UK ages 16+, surveyed November 2025–March 2026. News encountered in the last month, including incidental exposure. Reach uses all respondents; trust uses users of news on each channel. Those denominators differ. AI includes apps, summaries and overviews. Channels overlap. Rounded estimates, intervals not imported; no trend spliced across the questionnaire change.
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