Daily time spent online by UK adults, by age and sex, May 2025

Key findings

• UK online adults averaged 270 minutes (4 hours 30 minutes) online a day in May 2025.
• 18 to 24 year olds spent 380 minutes (6 hours 20 minutes) a day online, almost twice the 200 minutes of those aged 65 and over.
• Women spent 283 minutes a day online against 257 minutes for men, a gap of 26 minutes, and the gap was widest among those aged 65 and over (32 minutes).

The data

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Sources and method

• Ofcom, Online Nation 2025 report (published 10 December 2025) (Figure 2: Average daily time spent online by UK online adults, by age and gender, May 2025 (Ipsos iris, age 18+, UK internet users))

Hours and minutes shown in Figure 2 were converted to total minutes (for example 4:30 became 270). The all-adult, men and women totals match the figures stated in the report text.

Chosen in place of TikTok or Instagram global user counts, which are only available as a handful of irregular company milestones. Covers internet users aged 18+ on smartphones, tablets and computers; TV sets are excluded and work devices are largely not measured. The report PDF was read from a public copy of Ofcom's published document because ofcom.org.uk blocked automated access.

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