The Attention Index · Q3 2026 edition

An hour of you, priced.

Every feed you scroll sells your attention on. This is the price list: what one hour of a UK user's time trades at on each platform, in pence - the platforms' own filed revenue divided by cited average usage hours. Working shown on every row. Re-priced every earnings season.

Edition

Q3 2026 edition

Basis

Filed revenue ÷ usage hours

Conversion

$1 = £0.74

Next re-price

October-November 2026, when the Q3 filings land

What they earn from an hour of you

Ad-funded services, dearest first. Tap a row for the working - every figure links to its filing.

Reddit 28.0p/hr

Money: £6.73 per user per year - Reddit Q2 2026 results (30 Jul 2026): international ARPU $2.26/quarter x 4 = $9.04/yr. The UK sits in the international bucket, and Reddit calls the UK its largest international market - so this is a floor; the US equivalent is $47.40 (~£35). source

Hours: 24 hours per year (4 min/day) - 4 min/day per UK adult Reddit user, May 2025 (Ofcom Online Nation 2025, Figure 22) - 29.4m monthly users, up 28% in a year, but engagement is shallow. source

Division: £6.73 × 100 ÷ 24 hours = 28.0p per hour

Reddit's UK users barely visit, so each hour prices high. At 4 min/day the usage figure is rounded - the true pence figure sits in a band around the one shown.

TikTok estimate 21.8p/hr

Money: £37.00 per user per year - Modelled: TikTok is private and files no per-user figure anywhere - its UK entity accounts mix Europe, Latin America and Africa. Credible 2025 estimates of its UK ad revenue span ~£1.1-1.6bn over 24.8-30m UK users, a band of ~£37-65 per user; we price at the bottom of the band, so this is a floor. source

Hours: 170 hours per year (28 min/day) - 28 min/day per UK adult TikTok user, May 2025 (Ofcom Online Nation 2025, Figure 22; 18-24s average 64 min). source

Division: £37.00 × 100 ÷ 170 hours = 21.8p per hour

The one UK-specific revenue basis on the ad side - the platforms that file only worldwide averages (Meta, YouTube) would price higher measured the same way. Treat the pence figure as an order of magnitude, not a filing; the top of the band would roughly double it.

ITV + Channel 4 (TV + streaming) estimate 20.6p/hr

Money: £53.87 per user per year - Modelled from single-country filings: ITV FY2025 total advertising revenue £1,723m (annual results, 4 Mar 2026) plus Channel 4's disclosed FY2025 total advertising revenue of £922m (Annual Report, May 2026), spread over the UK's 49.1m online adults (Ofcom Online Nation 2025). source

Hours: 262 hours per year (43 min/day) - Whole-ITV viewing ~29 min plus whole-Channel-4 ~14 min per person per day (all individuals 4+, Barb via Ofcom Media Nations 2026, Figure 21) - a per-person base, unlike the per-user social rows. source

Division: £53.87 × 100 ÷ 262 hours = 20.6p per hour

Almost uniquely, this is attention priced from a single country's filings - but the per-viewer division is ours and Channel 5 is missing (Paramount publishes no UK split).

Meta (Facebook + Instagram) 12.4p/hr

Money: £47.31 per user per year - Meta Q2 2026 earnings: trailing-twelve-month worldwide Family ARPP $63.54 (the four filed quarters to Jun 2026; FY2025 as filed was $57.03). The worldwide average is the only per-person figure Meta files - a UK user is worth materially more. source

Hours: 383 hours per year (63 min/day) - Facebook (incl. Messenger) 43 min + Instagram 20 min per day per UK adult user of each app, May 2025 (Ofcom Online Nation 2025, Figure 22). source

Division: £47.31 × 100 ÷ 383 hours = 12.4p per hour

Meta files one combined figure across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger - the apps cannot be split honestly, so we price them together. Worldwide average = a hard floor for a UK user.

Browsing the open web estimate 9.2p/hr

Money: £51.19 per user per year - Modelled: AA/WARC put UK "other online display" advertising (the open web outside search, social and retail media) at £2,513m in 2025, spread over the UK's 49.1m online adults (Ofcom Online Nation 2025). source

Hours: 554 hours per year (91 min/day) - Derived: UK adults average 4h30 a day online (Ofcom Online Nation 2025); subtracting the named social and video apps above leaves ~91 min of open-web time. source

Division: £51.19 × 100 ÷ 554 hours = 9.2p per hour

The most-averaged figure here - thousands of sites priced as one, and the spend is split across many owners. It is also the attention Surff is built for.

X (Twitter) estimate 8.1p/hr

Money: £3.00 per user per year - Modelled: X is private and has filed nothing since 2022. Ads-only maths from independent estimates - ~$2.26bn 2025 advertising revenue over ~561m monthly users = $4.03/yr - converted at the stated rate. Total-revenue variants reach ~£4.80, so this is the bottom of the band. source

Hours: 37 hours per year (6 min/day) - 6 min/day per UK adult X user, May 2025 (Ofcom Online Nation 2025, Figure 22) - down from 10 min in 2023, with reach down 13% in a year. source

Division: £3.00 × 100 ÷ 37 hours = 8.1p per hour

The weakest figure on the page and labelled so - every input is a third-party estimate. Light usage makes the per-hour price look high; the band is wide.

Snapchat 6.6p/hr

Money: £10.78 per user per year - Snap Q2 2026 results (3 Aug 2026): Europe ARPU $3.62/quarter x 4 = $14.48/yr, converted at the stated rate. Europe is the finest split Snap files; the UK prices above the Europe average. source

Hours: 164 hours per year (27 min/day) - 27 min/day per UK adult Snapchat user, May 2025 (Ofcom Online Nation 2025, Figure 22). source

Division: £10.78 × 100 ÷ 164 hours = 6.6p per hour

Multiplying the June quarter by four slightly understates a full year (Q4 is seasonally strongest) - so this too is a floor.

YouTube estimate 3.6p/hr

Money: £11.13 per user per year - Modelled: Alphabet's FY2025 10-K files YouTube advertising revenue of $40,367m but no per-user figure; spread over ~2.70bn monthly users (secondary estimate) = $14.95/yr, converted at the stated rate. source

Hours: 310 hours per year (51 min/day) - 51 min/day per UK adult YouTube user on phones, tablets and computers, May 2025 (Ofcom Online Nation 2025, Figure 22; TV-set viewing excluded - Barb adds another ~19 min/person on TVs). source

Division: £11.13 × 100 ÷ 310 hours = 3.6p per hour

A global average - UK ad prices run several times the world mix, so the true UK figure is higher. Excludes YouTube Premium subscriptions. Heavy usage at a global-average price makes YouTube the cheapest hour on the index.

The attention you pay for

The other half of your screen time you buy directly. You already price your own attention every month - the ad platforms just never show you the bill.

Disney+ 244.7p/hr

Money: £119.88 per year - Disney+ UK Standard (ad-free) at £9.99/month - the price list is the filing. With-ads tier is £5.99. source

Hours: 49 hours per year (8 min/day) - ~8 min/person/day: Disney+ took 3% of the UK's 4h23 daily in-home video viewing in 2025 (all individuals 4+, Barb via Ofcom Media Nations 2026) - a per-person average including non-subscribers. source

The average spreads across everyone, subscriber or not - in a subscribing household the per-hour price is lower, on the ads tier lower still. The shape holds: light viewing makes it the dearest hour you buy.

Prime Video 195.7p/hr

Money: £95.88 per year - Amazon's own page: standalone Prime Video at £7.99/month (with limited adverts). Most people get it inside full Prime at £8.99/month, which also carries delivery and music. source

Hours: 49 hours per year (8 min/day) - ~8 min/person/day: Prime Video took 3% of UK in-home video viewing in 2025 (all individuals 4+, Barb via Ofcom Media Nations 2026). source

Priced on the standalone video subscription, so nothing rides on the delivery bundle. Per-person average includes non-subscribers.

Netflix 106.8p/hr

Money: £155.88 per year - Netflix UK Standard (ad-free) at £12.99/month - the price list is the filing. Standard with adverts is £5.99. source

Hours: 146 hours per year (24 min/day) - ~24 min/person/day: Netflix took 9% of the UK's 4h23 daily in-home video viewing in 2025 (all individuals 4+, Barb via Ofcom Media Nations 2026). source

Per-person average includes non-subscribers; in a subscribing household the per-hour price is lower. The ads tier more than halves it - that is the trade the ad platforms make for you, without asking.

BBC (iPlayer + TV) 64.3p/hr

Money: £180.00 per year - The TV licence at £180/year from 1 April 2026 - it funds everything the BBC makes, priced here against BBC television viewing. source

Hours: 280 hours per year (46 min/day) - ~46 min/person/day of BBC television in 2025: 34 min linear + 12 min iPlayer (all individuals 4+, Barb via Ofcom Media Nations 2026, Figure 21). source

The licence also funds radio and the BBC website - counting only TV hours makes the per-hour figure a ceiling. Still the cheapest video hour you pay for.

Not priceable from filings

  • Google Search - Alphabet files search revenue but no user counts and no per-user figure in any segment - any division would be spurious precision. Listed, not estimated.
  • WhatsApp - Inside Meta's combined figure - it cannot be split out honestly, so it is priced within the Meta row.
  • Sky - Pricing is bundled and bespoke (the entry TV package runs £15-21 a month depending on contract) and Comcast no longer files a Sky-specific per-customer figure. Listed, not priced.
  • Spotify - No citable UK listening-hours figure exists - Ofcom measures only foreground app use, and audio runs in the background. An honest per-hour price cannot be built yet.
  • Channel 5 - Owner Paramount publishes no UK revenue split - the broadcaster row covers ITV and Channel 4 only.
  • Pinterest - Pinterest files a Europe per-user figure, but cited UK usage rounds to one minute a day - the division would be noise, so we refuse it.

How the pricing works

One sum, shown on every row. For ad-funded platforms: the revenue the platform itself reports earning per user per year, divided by cited average UK usage hours, converted at one stated rate. For subscriptions: the price you pay, divided by average viewing hours. No survey, no model of you - just their numbers and public usage data.

Filed beats estimated. Where a platform files a per-user figure with a regulator, we use it and mark the row as filed. Where it publishes nothing, we either model it from disclosed totals and label it estimate with the working shown, or we refuse to price it at all - that is what the "not priceable" list is. We would rather have a gap than a guess dressed as a fact.

UK figures barely exist, so we say so. No platform publishes UK-only revenue per user. Where a Europe segment is filed we use it and label it; Europe prices below the US, so most rows here are floors, not ceilings.

What this page never does. It prices what platforms earn from attention. It never predicts what you would earn from anything - including Surff.

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