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Media Literacy Delivery Plan December 2025 - March 2027

Published: 5 December 2025

This delivery plan sets out the work of the Making Sense of Media (MSOM) programme over the coming 15 months. It also details our progress since we published our annual plan in October 2024.

Experiences of using online services

Published: 16 February 2024

Last updated: 5 December 2025

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

Best Practice Design Principles for Media Literacy

Published: 14 March 2024

Last updated: 5 December 2025

What good media literacy 'by design' looks like for social media, search, video-sharing and gaming services.

Children’s experiences of using online services

Published: 4 December 2025

The Children's Online Safety Tracker (COST) aims to further understand and track UK children’s recalled experiences of being online, including their use and awareness of safety measures and experiences of harmful content or contact.

Online Safety Risk Assessments - Year one

Published: 4 December 2025

This report sets out Ofcom’s analysis of risk assessment records from the first year of the duties being in force and sets out the improvements we expect to see next year.

Online Safety in 2025: Summary of the technology sector's response to UK's online safety rules

Published: 4 December 2025

This is Ofcom’s first report on the state of online safety in the UK since important parts of the Online Safety Act (‘the Act’) came into force in 2025.

Open data

Published: 27 November 2023

Last updated: 4 December 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.

Post monitoring report 2024-25: Interactive data

Published: 3 December 2025

Key data on the postal sector for the 2024-25 financial year.

Download numbering data

Published: 13 March 2024

Last updated: 3 December 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.

Annual monitoring report on the postal market

Published: 7 December 2023

Last updated: 3 December 2025

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

Statistical release calendar 2025

Published: 5 December 2024

Last updated: 2 December 2025

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

Ofcom's eighth Annual Report on the BBC: Interactive performance report 2024-2025

Published: 28 November 2025

This interactive report accompanies our eighth annual report on the BBC (2024-2025). It includes data on each of the Public Purposes and how well they have been delivered, across the range of the BBC’s services and platforms.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Broadcasting Workforce Survey - Interactive Data Report 2025

Published: 15 December 2023

Last updated: 28 November 2025

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Broadcasting Workforce Survey - Interactive Data Report

Report: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in broadcasting

Published: 15 December 2023

Last updated: 28 November 2025

Each year Ofcom collects data from TV and radio broadcasters on the make-up of their workforces and their approach to Equity, Diversity and inclusion. Our report sets out our findings on how the industry is doing

Electromagnetic field measurements near mobile base stations

Published: 23 February 2024

Last updated: 28 November 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.

Made outside London TV programming

Published: 8 November 2023

Last updated: 28 November 2025

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

Interactive report 2021

Published: 13 February 2024

Last updated: 27 November 2025

Interactive visualisation of data from Connected Nations 2021.

Connected Nations: Interactive report 2025

Published: 19 November 2025

Our annual report on progress in the availability of broadband and mobile services in the UK.

Data downloads 2025

Published: 19 November 2025

We have made some of the data that underpins the Connected Nations 2025 report available to download. This data allows us to make year-on-year comparisons of the state of the UK’s communications infrastructure.

Nations report 2025

Published: 19 November 2025

These reports examine the availability of broadband and mobile services in each of the UK's nations.

Connected Nations 2025

Published: 19 November 2025

The Connected Nations report 2025 provides updated data on the coverage and usage of fixed broadband and mobile networks within the UK.

Connected Nations and infrastructure reports

Published: 19 December 2023

Last updated: 19 November 2025

Reports on the UK’s communications infrastructure, focusing on coverage and performance of fixed broadband and mobile networks.

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

Published: 15 September 2025

Last updated: 14 November 2025

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

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.

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