According to a study on media consumption in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2021, the average time spent consuming newspapers has been consistently low, with adults spending an average of 13 minutes reading newspapers per day in 2018 and 2019. TV consumption seems to be more popular, with respondents averaging two hours and 49 minutes of daily TV time in 2019. At the same time, this number is estimated to decrease slightly in 2020 and 2021.
Average daily time spent per person with media in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021, by medium
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Smartphone
TV
Desktop/laptop
Radio
Tablet
Magazines
Newspaper
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Statista. (June 17, 2019). Average daily time spent per person with media in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021, by medium (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230399/time-spent-by-medium-united-kingdom/
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Statista. (2019). Average daily time spent per person with media in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021, by medium (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230399/time-spent-by-medium-united-kingdom/
Statista. "Average Daily Time Spent per Person with Media in The United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021, by Medium (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230399/time-spent-by-medium-united-kingdom/
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Average daily time spent per person with media in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021, by medium (in minutes) [Graph], Statista, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230399/time-spent-by-medium-united-kingdom/