Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day.
As people communicate seamlessly online and offline, we now need to invest our efforts into making digital communications work for everyone
Ofcom wants to understand how adults and children in the UK use media.
Under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom's job is to make online services safer for the people who use them. We make sure companies have effective systems in place to protect users from harm.
Ofcom is committed to a thriving telecoms sector, where companies can compete fairly and customers benefit from a broad range of services.
Ofcom's job is to make sure there is a universal postal service.
You can't see or feel radio spectrum, but we use it every day. Our job is to authorise and manage the use of spectrum in the UK.
We make sure that broadcasters provide quality TV, radio and on-demand programmes that appeal to diverse audiences. We also have rules in place to protect viewers and listeners from harm.
How to make the most of communications services as a small business.
How to make the most of the services you use, and deal with problems.
Proposals we are consulting on and decisions we've made.
How we make sure companies follow our rules, to protect customers and promote competition.
Rules, guidance and other information for the industries we regulate.
If you're looking to use certain radio equipment, or broadcast on TV or radio, you'll need a licence from Ofcom.
Our latest news, features, views and information about our work.
Evidence we gather to inform our work as a regulator.
Published: 13 March 2024
Last updated: 13 August 2025
We publish 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.
Published: 5 December 2024
Last updated: 7 August 2025
Ofcom's statistical release calendar lists the Official Statistics we are due to publish in 2025.
Published: 25 January 2024
We publish the number of complaints we have received about landline, broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV services.
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.
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.
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.
Published: 23 February 2024
Ofcom measures electromagnetic fields (EMF) near mobile phone base stations. We have been taking these measurements for many years, gradually covering more and more locations across the UK.
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.
Published: 27 November 2023
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.
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.
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.
Published: 17 July 2025
Last updated: 17 July 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.
Data collected from industry by Ofcom, data from Ofcom’s consumer research, and headline figures from selected third parties.
Published: 26 June 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.
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?
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.
Published: 14 December 2023
Last updated: 14 July 2025
How TikTok, Twitch and Snap try to prevent children from watching potentially harmful videos.
Published: 27 February 2024
Our latest research into the affordability of home broadband, mobile phone, landline and pay TV services.
Published: 10 July 2025
Many online platforms use verification badges—like the classic ‘blue tick’—but what influence do they have on user behaviour? In this study, we explored how people engage with content from verified vs unverified users.
Published: 29 January 2024
Last updated: 8 July 2025
Ofcom's Making Sense of Media bulletin summarises media literacy activities by a range of organisations in the UK and overseas.
Published: 3 July 2025
Content controls help users to tailor their feed to their preferences and reduce exposure to unwanted, potentially sensitive, or distressing content. In this research we tested how small design changes can impact on how much use people make of the content control tools available to them.
Published: 27 June 2025
These reports outline the findings from a programme of research to explore the potential links between persuasive features on platforms and potential child financial harm. It also provides insight into children’s online spending habits across social sites and apps, video sharing platforms and gaming, and examines the influencing factors and attitudes towards children’s spending in these environments.
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.
Published: 13 June 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.
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