This statistic illustrates the Frequency of use of smartphone news and weather applications use on smartphones in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017. The highest share of respondents, which corresponded to 32 percent, used apps from these categories regularly, whereas 31 percent of respondents used them occasionally. A high share of young respondents visited news websites or applications via a mobile device worldwide. The use of news applications is becoming more popular for younger generations, and not just in the United Kingdom.
Frequency of use of smartphone news and weather applications use on smartphones in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017
respondents are English speaking residential population who own smartphone
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "What functions/apps on your smartphone do you use most frequently? the duration of use is not relevant to this question - news/weather"
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