Children’s spending habits in the UK shifted decisively towards online games since lockdown began earlier this year, according to a new survey that also found children have been saving record amounts of their pocket money.
RoosterMoney, a London-based pocket money app, surveyed 24,000 British children in the second quarter (April to June), the height of nationwide restrictions, and revealed that video games surpassed old favourites – such as sweets, books and magazines – in popularity.
According to The Financial Times, online games Roblox and Fortnite took the top two places on RoosterMoney’s pocket money index, knocking Lego into third spot, followed by books and magazines, and then sweets.
Interestingly, books and magazines, and sweets occupied the top two places as recently as the first quarter, or before major restrictions were…
