Britons watch YouTube for 51 minutes a day, regulator Ofcom says


FILE PHOTO: The YouTube app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Britons watched YouTube on average for 51 minutes a day in 2025 on smartphones, tablets and PCs, regulator Ofcom said, noting that services from its owner Alphabet and from Meta account for more than half of all time spent online.

Adults spend an average of four and a half hours online a day, Ofcom said in the Online Nation 2025 report, up 10 minutes on last year.

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