According to a 2021 survey in the United Kingdom, 31 percent of respondents said that most times they would go directly to a news provider's website or app. People were less likely to regularly visit news aggregator sites or apps, with 24 percent never using them.
Frequency of using selected gateways to online news in the United Kingdom as of March 2021
Characteristic
Most times
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Don't know
Go directly to a website/app of a news provider
31%
32%
25%
8%
3%
-
Go to a search engine and search for a news story
10%
25%
39%
20%
6%
-
Go directly to a website/app that brings together news from different news providers
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Ofcom. (July 27, 2021). Frequency of using selected gateways to online news in the United Kingdom as of March 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1124479/gateways-to-online-news-by-frequency-of-use-uk/
Ofcom. "Frequency of using selected gateways to online news in the United Kingdom as of March 2021." Chart. July 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1124479/gateways-to-online-news-by-frequency-of-use-uk/
Ofcom. (2021). Frequency of using selected gateways to online news in the United Kingdom as of March 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1124479/gateways-to-online-news-by-frequency-of-use-uk/
Ofcom. "Frequency of Using Selected Gateways to Online News in The United Kingdom as of March 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2021, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1124479/gateways-to-online-news-by-frequency-of-use-uk/
Ofcom, Frequency of using selected gateways to online news in the United Kingdom as of March 2021 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1124479/gateways-to-online-news-by-frequency-of-use-uk/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Frequency of using selected gateways to online news in the United Kingdom as of March 2021 [Graph], Ofcom, July 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1124479/gateways-to-online-news-by-frequency-of-use-uk/
