Online news types used by young people UK 2015

This statistic displays the types of online news used by respondents aged 18 to 24 in the United Kingdom in 2015. Among young people, 40 percent reported looking at news headlines, while 59 percent read news stories or articles. During the survey, 59 percent of respondents of all ages reported reading news stories.

Which of the following ways of consuming online news did you use in the past week?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Read news stories or articles	59%
Looked at a list of news headlines (for example on the front page of a news website)	40%
Looked at a list (e.g. a top 10)	24%
Watched an online news video (live, clip or programme)	23%
Look at a sequence or gallery of pictures about news	22%
Followed a live news page within a website	19%
Read a news blog	16%
Viewed a news graphic (infographic)	15%
Listened to news audio online (live, clip or podcast/ programme)	8%

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Release date

June 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January and February 2015

Number of respondents

2,149**

Age group

18-24

Special properties

news consumers

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The original survey question was, "Thinking of the way you looked at news online in the last week, which of the following ways of consuming news did you use?"
** Total UK sample

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