This thesis investigates the media activities in English that Croatian EFL students are engaged in outside the school. The media activities which were investigates include watching films with/without English subtitles, watching movies with Croatian subtitles, using YouTube, playing video games, listening to radio (Spotify, Deezer), online reading, talking via Internet, digital communication etc. The aims of this study were, first, to determine the frequency of student'engagement in out-of-school media activitieas in English; second, to find out which strategies the students use when involved in media activities in English; and third, to investigate the effects of age and gender on the frequency of exposure to English. A total of 104 primary- and secondary-school students participated in the quantitative part of the study. Five students and three teachers were interviewed for the qualitative part. The findings indicate that You8Tube is the most popular media activity in English among all the students, regardless of their age or gender. In addition to this, there were significant differences in the frequency of playing video games between primary- and secondary-school students and between male and female students. Finally, the results show that both students and teachers thought that media had the positive effect on the students' English language learning.