Gateways to online news, by demographic UK 2021

According to a 2021 survey in the United Kingdom, 64 percent of respondents who used the internet (but not social media) for news said they go directly to the website or app of a news provider. The 16 to 24-year-old age group were much more likely than over 65s to go to a search engine and search for a news story.

Most used gateways to online news in the United Kingdom as of March 2021, by demographic group

Characteristic	Total	Male	Female	16-24	65+	ABC1	C2DE	Minority ethnic	White
Go directly to a website/app of a news provider	64%	66%	61%	58%	58%	66%	60%	62%	64%
Go to a search engine and search for a news story	35%	34%	36%	43%	20%	33%	39%	48%	33%
Go directly to a website/app that brings together news from different news providers	28%	31%	24%	31%	17%	27%	29%	41%	26%

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

February 29 to March 27, 2021

Number of respondents

1,555*

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

N(Male) = 806; N(Female) = 747; N(16-24) = 303; N(65+) = 254; N(ABC1) = 973; N(C2DE) = 574; N(Minority ethnic groups) = 299; N(White) = 1253.
This question was not asked to those that said they used social media and no other types of internet site for news.

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