Platforms used to consume news in the UK 2024, by nation

Any internet was the most used platform for news consumption in the United Kingdom among all nations in 2024. However, television was also a very popular choice and could soon overtake internet as the main news source. Meanwhile, social media was more popular in Scotland and England than in Wales or Northern Ireland. Where do TV audiences get their news?BBC One remained the most popular TV news channel in the UK that year, with an audience reach of 75 percent. BBC One, which is part of the television service portfolio of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has held the lion’s share of TV news watching hours in the UK for over a decade. Online news platforms are stealing the showWhile television remains the leading news source among adults, younger audiences primarily turn to the internet for news consumption. According to a recent survey, almost 80 percent of UK news consumers between the ages of 18 to 24 considered the internet their leading news platform, and as of 2020, roughly 70 percent of the UK population read or downloaded news content online. Among those who got their news coverage from online sources, BBC News stood out as the leading online news brand accessed in the UK that year.

在2024年，互联网已成为英国各国中新闻消费最为广泛使用的平台。然而，电视同样备受青睐，且有可能在不久的将来超越互联网，成为主要的新闻来源。与此同时，社交媒体在苏格兰和英格兰的普及程度高于威尔士或北爱尔兰。电视观众从何处获取新闻？BBC One在该年继续保持英国最受欢迎的电视新闻频道地位，其受众覆盖率达到75%。作为英国广播公司（BBC）电视服务组合的一部分，BBC One已连续十多年占据英国电视新闻观看时间的绝大部分。在线新闻平台正逐渐崭露头角，尽管电视仍是成年人主要的新闻来源，但年轻观众主要依赖互联网进行新闻消费。根据最近的一项调查，几乎80%的18至24岁之间的英国新闻消费者认为互联网是他们首选的新闻平台，截至2020年，大约70%的英国人口在线阅读或下载新闻内容。在那些从在线来源获取新闻覆盖的人群中，BBC News在当年成为英国最受欢迎的在线新闻品牌。