UK kids enjoying playing in real life and online by age group 2021

According to an online survey conducted in the United Kingdom in November 2021, when asked to think about a recently enjoyable time, 45 percent of children strongly agreed that they had recently had a great time being playful in a digital setting. Overall, 63 percent of children aged six to nine years reported having had a great time on both Fortnite and YouTube. Of those aged between 13 to 15 years, 57 percent agreed they had a great time on TikTok. Additionally, just a third of respondents said they had a great time on WhatsApp. By comparison, over seven in 10 children reported enjoying the time they spent in a non-digital context, with respondents aged 10 to 12 years enjoying non-digital context play more than any other age group.

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 age group

Characteristic	All	6-9	10-12	13-15	16-17
Non-digital context (in "real life")	73%	75%	77%	70%	66%
Fortnite	56%	63%	53%	59%	41%
Roblox	54%	55%	60%	40%	56%
TikTok	48%	50%	44%	57%	37%
Minecraft	47%	58%	47%	41%	36%
Digital (average across apps)	45%	49%	43%	44%	40%
YouTube	44%	49%	43%	39%	39%
Nintendo Wii	43%	41%	51%	42%	41%
Zoom	35%	36%	16%	45%	42%
WhatsApp	29%	37%	27%	29%	25%

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Sources

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

November 2021

More information

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: "6-9s = 346, 10-12s = 251, 13-15s = 266, 16-17s = 170"

Citation formats