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Leading news sources in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2025

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Release date

July 2025

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2018 to 2025

Number of respondents

4,573 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

TV channels, radio stations newspapers, social media, and websites/apps

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview, online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey was not carried out in 2021 due to COVID-19.

Original question: "Thinking specifically about 'platform', which of the following do you use for news nowadays?"

Respondents count by year was as follows:
2019: 4,691
2020: 4,576
2022: 2,792
2023: 4,556
2024: 5,466
2025: 4,573

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Most used news sources in the UK 2018-2025

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Feb 6, 2026

In 2025, the leading news source which respondents to a survey in the United Kingdom reported using the most was BBC One, with ** percent of participants stating that this was the source they used for news nowadays. All BBC affiliaties as a total were used by 67 percent of respondents. Social media such as Facebook, Instragram, and YouTube were also common way of accessing news.

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