Britons spend average of 24 hours a week online, Ofcom says

Study reveals dramatic rise in addiction to technology, as average Briton checks a mobile phone every 12 minutes

The average Briton now checks a mobile phone every 12 minutes and is online for 24 hours a week, finds an Ofcom study revealing the extent to which people now rely on the internet.

Ofcom also found that, for the first time, the time spent making phone calls from mobile phones fell, as users instead used messaging services such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.