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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.

Electromagnetic field measurements near mobile base stations

Published: 23 February 2024

Last updated: 26 September 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.

Experiences of using online services

Published: 16 February 2024

Last updated: 26 September 2025

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

Statistical release calendar 2025

Published: 5 December 2024

Last updated: 26 September 2025

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

Statistical release calendar 2025: Pre-release access lists

Published: 5 December 2024

Last updated: 26 September 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: 24 September 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.

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.

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

Published: 15 September 2025

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

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.

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

Published: 25 January 2024

Last updated: 7 August 2025

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

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.

ADR schemes' performance

Published: 26 January 2024

Last updated: 25 July 2025

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

Telecommunications Market Data Update

Published: 22 October 2020

Last updated: 24 July 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.

Open data

Published: 27 November 2023

Last updated: 24 July 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.

News consumption in the UK

Published: 20 July 2023

Last updated: 21 July 2025

Ofcom’s latest research into UK adults’ news consumption across television, radio, print, social media and other websites or apps.

Mobile Matters

Published: 20 July 2023

Last updated: 18 July 2025

To better understand how people are using mobile services, Ofcom has analysed crowdsourced data collected between October 2022 and March 2023 from mobile devices across the UK.

Mobile Matters Interactive report 2025

Published: 17 July 2025

The Communications Market 2025

Published: 17 July 2025

Communications Market Report 2025: Interactive data

Published: 17 July 2025

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

Behavioural Audit of Online Services

Published: 26 June 2025

Last updated: 17 July 2025

In this research project, we partnered with the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) to conduct a comprehensive behavioural audit of popular social media and video-sharing platforms (VSPs). This audit, carried out between December 2024 and January 2025, systematically mapped online design practices and assessed their impact on user behaviour and outcomes, focusing on four core areas of interest: 1) sign-up process, 2) features and functionalities affecting time spent online, 3) negative sentiment tools, and 4) reporting.

Harnessing the power of serious games to protect people against romance fraud

Published: 16 July 2025

Romance fraud is more than just heartbreak – it's a serious crime that can leave victims emotionally devasted and financially exploited. But what if we could play our way to protecting ourselves online?

Experiences of online hate and abuse among women in politics

Published: 14 July 2025

This report examines the experiences of online hate and abuse faced by UK women in politics. Based on a survey and in-depth interviews with current and former women MPs, it details their personal experiences of receiving online hate and abuse in their day-to-day lives.

How video-sharing platforms protect children from encountering harmful videos

Published: 14 December 2023

Last updated: 14 July 2025

How TikTok, Twitch and Snap try to prevent children from watching potentially harmful videos.