Work with a partner. Five statements are true and five are false. Decide which are which. Can you correct the false statements?
According to research about UK adults in 2025…
- Adults spent an average of four and a half hours online every day.
- Most time online was spent on computers rather than smartphones.
- People aged 18–24 spent more than six hours online a day, on average.
- People aged 65 and over spent less than an hour online a day, on average.
- Women spent more time online than men, on average.
- Adults spent less time online in 2025 than in 2024.
- More than three quarters of adults’ online time was spent on smartphones.
- Adults used an average of just ten smartphone apps a month.
- More than nine in ten adults used YouTube.
Discuss:
Which fact surprises you most? Do you think you spend more or less time online than the average?