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Brits top news moments of 2022 revealed: Readly
Other top moments this year include Liz Truss outlasted by a lettuce (20 percent), David Beckham queueing to see the Queen's coffin (17 percent) and the dog that turned itself into a police station after being spooked by fireworks (14 percent).
The research, commissioned by digital magazine and newspaper app Readly, found that 71 percent of adults think 2022 has been a particularly memorable year in terms of news.
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In a typical month this year, 11 percent of respondents have had 10 or more conversations about memorable events with friends, family and colleagues.
Just over seven in 10 (71 percent) consider themselves in the loop with current news events. With news broadcasts on TV (46 per cent), newspapers (34 percent) and the radio the most common ways of getting this kind of information.
Nowadays though, Brits also like to get their news in other forms, with 42 per cent saying they are listening to podcasts and 14 per cent are getting it through digital magazines. The Trojan Horse Affair (16 per cent), BBC Good Food with Tom Kerridge (14 per cent) and Desert Island Dishes (12 per cent) were among the most popular podcasts respondents listen to.
The OnePoll study for Readly also found that Love Island (38 percent), Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (36 percent) and I'm a Celebrity (34 percent) are the topics adults don't want to hear anymore about. Followed by YouTube personalities (32 percent), Cristiano Ronaldo (31 percent) and Cryptocurrencies (29 percent).
2022 has also been a year of shocking deaths and Britain have lost some of the nation's favourite people. The Queen came out on top as the most shocking death of the year (37 percent), with Dame Olivia Newton John (20 percent) and Robbie Coltrane (19 percent) close behind.
Of the last 10 years, 2022 and 2020 were voted the most memorable for news events by 12 percent of respondents.
The research also found that sports (31 percent), politics (31 percent) and entertainment (29 percent) are the topics people prefer to read most about.
74 percent of people said they can't quite believe some of the stories that are reported in the media and a further 25 percent often find themselves 'doomscrolling' their social channels.
When looking at the year ahead, 27 percent believe there will be more positive news in 2023 than this year.
Readly, the ' all you can read ' subscription service with 6300 digital magazines and newspapers saw 286,000 digital issues being read 146 million times on the platform in 2022.
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The survey was carried out during the period from 29 November - 5 December 2022 via the Internet, on the basis of the OnePoll Panel, based on a sample of 2000 UK adults.
Readly is the European category leader for digital magazines. The company offers a digital subscription service that lets customers have unlimited access to 7,500 magazines and newspapers including the catalogue of ePresse. Readly has subscribers in more than 50 countries and content available in 17 different languages. In collaboration with 1200 publishers worldwide, Readly is digitising the magazine and newspaper industry. In 2021, revenues amounted to
SEK 466 million . Since September 2020 , the Readly share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Midcap. For more information, please visit https://corporate.readly.com/
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