News Consumption UK - Ofcom report 2014

• 75% of UK adults say they get their new from TV. However, 90% of people over 55 get their news from TV compared to 59% of 16-24 year-olds (up from 44% in 2013).
• The amount of people using news apps is a big growth area: 32% of adults said they used them in 2013; 41% in 2014.
• 19% of 16-24 year olds said they only use the internet and apps for their news whereas only 1% of over 55s only use internet/apps.
• Around 44% of people said they got their main sources of news from radio (with the BBC having a 75% share of this) and newspapers, however, again there is a big difference in age groups and a slight difference in gender (women more likely to get their news from TV compared to men; men more likely to listen the radio or use an app than women).
• 28% of people said the BBC was their single most trusted source. Although this has slightly decreased, BBC One is by far the most watched (53%).
• The third most-used source out of all news providers is the BBC News App which has 24% of the news market; a growth area is people using Facebook for news (7% but growing fast) – however, Facebook don’t create news, they host it.
• 59% of online news users in the UK say they use the BBC news app.
• In conclusion, TV news still dominates but its share of the market is slowly decreasing, especially amongst the 16-24 bracket, news apps etc are an area of rapid growth but still small in comparison.