This statistic shows ways United Kingdom respondents accessed the news online from 2013 to 2014. Reading news stories online was most popular, at 54 percent in 2013, and 60 percent in 2014. Of users of web news, 20 percent reported watching TV news online.
In which types of ways do you access and use news through the internet or apps nowadays?
Characteristic
2013
2014
Read news stories online
54%
60%
Read comments or articles on blogs or social media
27%
23%
Use a search engine to find out about a story or subject
18%
21%
Watch TV news online
20%
20%
Watch news related video clips
16%
14%
Share existing news related video clips
3%
10%
Share news related comments/articles on social media/blogs
8%
10%
Listen to radio news online
6%
6%
Receive email alerts or notifications of news
5%
6%
Post your news related comments/articles on social media/blogs
4%
5%
Watch news podcasts
4%
3%
Listen to news podcasts
2%
3%
Subscribe to personalised news information
3%
3%
Use a 'news ticker' or rolling news across your screen
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Ofcom. (June 25, 2014). In which types of ways do you access and use news through the internet or apps nowadays? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/278683/online-news-access-methods-used-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Ofcom. "In which types of ways do you access and use news through the internet or apps nowadays?." Chart. June 25, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278683/online-news-access-methods-used-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Ofcom. (2014). In which types of ways do you access and use news through the internet or apps nowadays?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278683/online-news-access-methods-used-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Ofcom. "In Which Types of Ways Do You Access and Use News through The Internet or Apps Nowadays?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278683/online-news-access-methods-used-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Ofcom, In which types of ways do you access and use news through the internet or apps nowadays? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278683/online-news-access-methods-used-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
In which types of ways do you access and use news through the internet or apps nowadays? [Graph], Ofcom, June 25, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/278683/online-news-access-methods-used-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
