However trust in social media news sources varies - half of YouTube and Twitter users think they provide trustworthy news stories.
The insights were included in the regulator's News Consumption in the UK 2021/22 report.
Yih-Choung Teh, Ofcom's group director for strategy and research, said:"Teenagers today are increasingly unlikely to pick up a newspaper or tune into TV News, instead preferring to keep up-to-date by scrolling through their social feeds. "And while youngsters find news on social media to be less reliable, they rate these services more highly for serving up a range of opinions on the day's topical stories."According to the figures, Instagram was the most popular with young people and was used by 29% of teenagers, ahead of TikTok and YouTube, both of which were used by 28%.
ITV news, including regional ITV news bulletins was fourth, while the BBC's two main channels, one and two - historically the most popular news source among this age group - has been knocked down to fifth place, Ofcom said.
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