TikTok Is Top Single Source of News for Teenagers, Ofcom Finds

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TikTok logo on an iPhone in London on Feb. 28, 2023. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

7/20/2023Updated: 7/20/2023

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Teenagers in the UK turn to TikTok as the most used single source of news, new Ofcom research has found.

The communications regulator reported that 28 percent of the surveyed teens chose TikTok as their favourite news source, followed by YouTube (25 percent) and Instagram (25 percent).

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