Young People Twice as Likely to Get News From TikTok Than BBC, Says Report

Published on February 28, 2024

Members of Generation Z are twice as likely to get their daily news from TikTok than the BBC, with young people consuming more social media than TV, a report commissioned by a communications firm has found. More than 40 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds receive news from the Chinese social media app TikTok once a day or more, compared to 19 percent from the BBC, according to the report “Talking to the Nation: How to Speak to Modern Britain,” published on Wednesday. Gen Z frequented other large social media platforms more than the BBC by large proportions, the most being Instagram (44 percent), Facebook (33 percent), and X (24 percent), which also received more engagement than the national broadcaster....

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