The average 16 to 24-year-old watches TV for 53 minutes a day compared with nearly six hours for over-65s.
Young people now watch almost seven times less broadcast television than people aged over 65, according to a report from regulator Ofcom.
It said 16 to 24-year-olds spend just 53 minutes watching TV each day, a two-thirds decrease in the past 10 years.
Meanwhile, those aged 65 and over spend just under six hours on average watching TV daily.
This “generation gap” in viewing habits is wider than ever before, according to Ofcom’s annual Media Nations report.
It attributed the gap to the use of television alternatives such as streaming services and short-form video.
In its report, Ofcom said about one in five UK homes had access to all three of the biggest streaming services – Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime.
It said 5.2 million homes now had access to all three, which would cost about £300 per year if they paid for them individually.
However, it conceded that this figure included free trials and people who are sharing accounts between households.
