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Share of children in the United Kingdom who agree that they recently had a great time playing in real life settings and online as of November 2021, by gender

Characteristic	All	Boys	Girls
Non-digital context (in "real life")	73%	69%	76%
Fortnite	56%	57%	53%
Roblox	54%	51%	57%
TikTok	48%	44%	50%
Minecraft	47%	43%	52%
Digital (average across apps)	45%	42%	46%
YouTube	44%	41%	47%
Nintendo Wii	43%	46%	41%
Zoom	35%	36%	34%
WhatsApp	29%	20%	37%

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

November 2021

Number of respondents

1,033 respondents

Age group

6-17 years

Special properties

respondents who "agree a lot with the question"

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Thinking about the time you recently had a good time playing or being playful in "real life", how much do you agree or disagree with the following?"
According to the source:"boys = 508, girls = 525,"

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According to an online survey conducted in the United Kingdom in November 2021, when asked to think about a recently enjoyable time, over seven in 10 reported having enjoyed playing in non-digital contexts. Furthermore, girls agreed more strongly than boys that they had a great time playing in real life. By comparison, 45 percent of children strongly agreed that they recently had a great time being playful in a digital setting. Overall, 50 percent of girls reported having had a great time on TikTok, whilst boys reporting to feel the same were over four in 10.