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Open data

Published: 27 November 2023

Last updated: 13 November 2025

Ofcom’s open data is a mix of data from or about the companies we regulate in the communications sector, and the citizens and consumers who use them.

Statistical release calendar 2026

Published: 13 November 2025

Ofcom's statistical release calendar lists the Official Statistics we are due to publish in 2026.

Statistical release calendar 2025: Pre-release access lists

Published: 5 December 2024

Last updated: 13 November 2025

In accordance with the conditions for pre-release access to Official Statistics set out in the DCMS statement of compliance, named officials can receive privileged early access to Official Statistics.

Download numbering data

Published: 13 March 2024

Last updated: 12 November 2025

Data on which UK telephone numbers are available for allocation or are allocated, and lists of codes for use in number porting and other administrative tasks.

Boosting Children's Safety Online: User Controls

Published: 24 April 2025

Last updated: 12 November 2025

This page contains details of an online randomised control trial to test different ways to encourage children to choose to use content controls to restrict exposure to harmful content during the sign-up process of a mock social media platform.

Connected Nations FAQs

Published: 11 November 2025

Frequently asked questions on the Connected Nation reports

Connected Nations 2024

Published: 5 December 2024

Last updated: 11 November 2025

The Connected Nations report 2024 provides updated data on the coverage and usage of fixed broadband and mobile networks within the UK.

Statistical release calendar 2025

Published: 5 December 2024

Last updated: 10 November 2025

Ofcom's statistical release calendar lists the Official Statistics we are due to publish in 2025.

The Era of Answer Engines: Generative AI’s impact on search experiences and online safety

Published: 4 November 2025

For decades, traditional search tools have helped people locate web pages to answer their questions. Today, generative AI (‘GenAI’) search tools are changing that model: rather than only directing users to information, these tools now generate the answers themselves — a shift that has led some to describe them as ‘answer engines’.

Electromagnetic field measurements near mobile base stations

Published: 23 February 2024

Last updated: 31 October 2025

Yearly reports on Ofcom's measurements of electromagnetic fields (EMF) near mobile phone base stations. Here you can find a test report for each location we have visited.

Report: Complaints about broadband, landline, mobile and pay-TV services

Published: 25 January 2024

Last updated: 30 October 2025

We publish the number of complaints we have received about landline, broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV services.

Unlocking choice: giving users more control over the content they see online

Published: 27 October 2025

This research examines how the presentation of sensitive content settings influence user choices.

ADR schemes' performance

Published: 26 January 2024

Last updated: 23 October 2025

Every quarter we publish key performance results for the two main ADR schemes, CISAS and Communications Ombudsman.

Annual monitoring report on the postal market

Published: 7 December 2023

Last updated: 22 October 2025

We monitor the postal market in the UK, looking at things like Royal Mail's performance and customers' experiences.

Communications Market Report 2025: Interactive data

Published: 17 July 2025

Last updated: 22 October 2025

Data collected from industry by Ofcom, data from Ofcom’s consumer research, and headline figures from selected third parties.

Television access services report: first six months of 2025

Published: 21 October 2025

This page sets out the extent to which broadcast television channels carried subtitles, audio description and/or signing (collectively, “access services”) between January and June 2025.

Telecommunications Market Data Update

Published: 22 October 2020

Last updated: 16 October 2025

In the following section we highlight some of the key trends emerging this quarter from the data we collect on the UK telecommunications sector.

Experiences of using online services

Published: 16 February 2024

Last updated: 14 October 2025

The Online Experiences Tracker is a quantitative tracking survey that examines people's attitudes to, and experiences of using online services.

Making sense of media: What works in delivering train the trainer interventions?

Published: 15 September 2025

Last updated: 1 October 2025

This report examines three media literacy train the trainer pilot programmes for professionals working with children and young people, supported by Ofcom.

User experiences of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Search

Published: 26 September 2025

Ofcom has commissioned a qualitative research study to explore traditional online search experiences and GenAI search experiences.

Making Sense of Media Bulletin: September 2025

Published: 29 January 2024

Last updated: 18 September 2025

Ofcom's Making Sense of Media bulletin summarises media literacy activities by a range of organisations in the UK and overseas.

Experiences of engaging with the manosphere

Published: 13 June 2025

Last updated: 16 September 2025

This page provides the report and accompanying annex from our qualitative research exploring experiences of engaging with the manosphere, carried out in October and November 2024 by Revealing Reality.

Barriers to Household Connectivity

Published: 15 September 2025

This page refreshes those take up statistics for 2025 and additionally explores landline usage and TV ownership amongst these groups.

Identifying challenges and solutions for improving inclusivity and usability in the consumption of internet delivered television

Published: 15 September 2025

The report concludes by prompting a timely response by stakeholders to proactively address the potential for digital exclusion particularly among older users due to the issues identified by considering the solutions proposed.

Annual Market Review for Phone-Paid Services 2024–2025

Published: 4 September 2025

This annual market review report continues the series of annual market insight reports previously published by the PSA.

Media Nations 2025

Published: 30 July 2025

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.

Made outside London TV programming

Published: 8 November 2023

Last updated: 30 July 2025

A list of the programmes produced by the PSBs outside the M25, and criteria against which each programme qualifies as made outside London.