Leading news sources for young teenagers in the UK 2023, by reach
According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2023, the BBC was the most popular news source among people aged 12 to 15 years,with a reach of 39 percent. This however was the net figure for the BBC as a whole including all channels and platforms from BBC One and BBC Two to the company's CBBC site and the BBC app. The social media app TikTok followed in the ranking with a reach of 28 percent, followed closely by YouTube and Instagram, which each reached one in four young teenagers in the United Kingdom.