Daily television viewing time of young people has decreased

RTÜK announced the results of the "Youth Media Use and Digital Literacy Research".

According to the statement made by RTÜK, in the research shared with the public, the television, on-demand broadcast platforms, radio, internet and social media usage habits of young people in the 15-21 age group, as well as their digital literacy levels, were examined in detail.

The research, which was carried out in accordance with the age and gender quotas determined in line with the current population data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), was conducted using the computer-assisted telephone survey (CATI) method with 7 thousand 511 young people living in 26 provinces at the NUTS-2 level.

According to the results of the research, it was determined that 57.2 percent of young people had a high level of digital literacy, 28.9 percent had a medium level and 13.9 percent had a low level.

In the research, it was seen that there was a remarkable increase in the level of digital literacy compared to the data of 2022.

Accordingly, while the rate of those with low digital literacy levels was 35.6 percent in 2022, this rate decreased to 13.9 percent in 2025. The proportion of young people with a high level of digital literacy increased from 29.4 percent to 57.2 percent.

In the research, it was determined that 62.4 percent of young people in the 19-21 age group had a high level of digital literacy, while this rate was measured as 53.4 percent in the 15-18 age group.

Within the scope of the research, it was determined that only 42 percent of young people could effectively use programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Source: TRT Haber Yaşam RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)