Media habits (children)

Ofcom’s annual Media Nations report is for industry, policymakers, academics and consumers. Our main objectives are to capture evolving consumer behaviours and key trends in the media sector, and to set out how audiences are served in the UK.

We’ve published a range of new research shining a light on different aspects of the online lives of children in the UK.

The Children's Passive Online Measurement study explores the websites and apps visited by UK children aged 8-14 and how long was spent on the services visited.

Our research includes findings relating to parents’ views about their children’s media use, and the ways that parents seek to – or decide not to – monitor or limit use of different types of media.

A research project which follows 21 children, aged 8-18 since 2014, interviewing them on camera each year about their media habits and attitudes.

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17.

Our Media Use and Attitudes and Media Lives reports – of which the adults’ research is now in its twentieth year - highlight online and media use by asking children and adults across the UK about the role that tech and media play in their lives.

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17.

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17. It also includes findings on parents’ views about their children’s media use, and how parents of children and young people aged 3-17 monitor and manage their children’s use.

This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 3-17, including parents’ views about their children’s media use,