Platform news usually sits alongside other routes
UK, 2025–2026 survey: 73% of adults aged 16+ encountered news via online intermediaries in the past month. Only 5% used them exclusively.
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UK, 2025–2026 survey: 73% of adults aged 16+ encountered news via online intermediaries in the past month. Only 5% used them exclusively.
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- Use intermediaries % of UK adults aged 16+ in the stated group
2026: 73
- Only intermediaries % of UK adults aged 16+ in the stated group
2026: 5
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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