According to a study on digital music downloading among internet users in the United Kingdom during multiple survey waves running between March 2015 and March 2022, 28 percent of respondents reported downloading digital music in the three months prior to the survey in 2022. This is a decrease compared to the previous year during which 23 percent of respondents stated that they downloaded music.
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GOV.UK, & Intellectual Property Office (UK). (February 3, 2023). Have you ever downloaded digital music? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291100/digital-music-downloading-uk-by-frequency/
GOV.UK, und Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Have you ever downloaded digital music?." Chart. February 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291100/digital-music-downloading-uk-by-frequency/
GOV.UK, Intellectual Property Office (UK). (2023). Have you ever downloaded digital music?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291100/digital-music-downloading-uk-by-frequency/
GOV.UK, and Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Have You Ever Downloaded Digital Music?." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291100/digital-music-downloading-uk-by-frequency/
GOV.UK & Intellectual Property Office (UK), Have you ever downloaded digital music? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291100/digital-music-downloading-uk-by-frequency/ (last visited June 17, 2024)
Have you ever downloaded digital music? [Graph], GOV.UK, & Intellectual Property Office (UK), February 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291100/digital-music-downloading-uk-by-frequency/