With an Ofcom survey finding the time spent by viewers over 55 watching YouTube last year doubled compared with the amount in 2023, the Guardian has interviewed a clutch of people to find out why. Responses varied from a complaint that terrestrial TV seemd “so old fashioned to the appeal of a channel with “so many hidden gems”. One interviewee, a customer services manager in his late 50s, said: “There is just nothing on traditional TV that comes anywhere close to the choice and niche subjects that I can find on YouTube, like Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop tutorials. While I occasionally miss watching live events (women’s football, or Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral), I don’t feel I’m missing out. And another – a retired secretary aged 73, said: “I watch YouTube because I can never find anything entertaining on terrestrial television. I really like to watch travel shows where I can sit at home and feel I can do things like climb in the Himalayas, trek in New Zealand or go to amazing restaurants in different countries. Even though I occasionally watched sport, I gave up my TV licence two years ago.”
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