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.
