The Nominet Digital Youth Index is a free-to-use national, annual benchmarking and barometer research identifying and monitoring the key drivers, issues and opportunities in young people’s relationship with digital technology across the UK.

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The Nominet Digital Youth Index is a free-to-use national, annual benchmarking and barometer research identifying and monitoring the key drivers, issues and opportunities in young people’s relationship with digital technology across the UK.

Digital Youth Index Read the full 2022 report

The Nominet Digital Youth Index is a benchmarking report offering insight into young people’s digital experiences. What are the challenges and barriers they face? What do they love – and what do they worry about? Importantly, how can we help them harness the positive power that the digital world promises?

It’s the brainchild of Nominet’s Social Impact Programme and we’ll be gathering this data every year. It helps us – and you – to understand the digital lives of the young and identify the areas where we need to help them thrive.

The data is available for use and you can read the full 2022 report with our insight and analysis from the research via the link below.

Exploring the five pillars of the Digital Youth Index

The DYI tool encompasses five pillars covering wellbeing, safety, skills, connectivity, and access. Here, we explore each of these pillars in more detail and share some key findings and statistics from our year two research.

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Digital access and inclusion

31 May 2023

Young people within ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with a disability or mental health struggles need more support in digital safety

Young people need better support and education on digital safety. Our index data shows that young people are vulnerable to several dangers online, with some groups experiencing harmful content more than others.

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Digital access and inclusion

11 May 2023

Digital access and digital wellbeing are critical areas where young people need more support

Digital access and digital wellbeing are critical areas where young people need more support. In this article, we delve deeper into these pillars, looking at the young people who are most impacted and sharing some thoughts around any correlating factors between the two.

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Digital access and inclusion

12 April 2023

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis, household income and education on digital connectivity

Digital connectivity is an area that impacts young people across different genders, educations, disabilities, and living arrangements. When we start to look at the profiles of those impacted, and the effect of the cost-of-living crisis, our 2022 research highlights some areas which need to be addressed.

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