E-book consumption by frequency UK 2012-2018

The statistic presents data on e-book consumption among internet users in the United Kingdom as of eight survey waves running between August 2012 and March 2018. As of wave eight, ending March 2018, 19 percent of respondents reported ever having consumed e-books by downloading, accessing or streaming, compared to 11 percent that reported having consumed e-books in the three months previous to survey.

Have you consumed e-books?*

Characteristic	Ever done	Past three months
August to October 2012	17%	12%
November 2012 to January 2013	19%	14%
March to May 2013	18%	13%
March to May 2015	18%	12%
March to May 2016	19%	12%
March 2017	20%	13%
March 2018	19%	11%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012 to March 2018

Number of respondents

4,526**

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

among internet users

Supplementary notes

* Consumed includes streaming, accessing and downloading.
** Base of most recent survey wave (Wave 8). Base varied by wave: n (W2) = 4,728; n (W3) = 4,708; n (W4) = 4,673; n(W5) = 4,552, n(W6) = 4,670, n(W7) = 4,573.
Online (CAWI) and face-to-face (CAPI) surveys were used.
The source does not provide detailed information regarding the question. The chosen wording here might therefore differ slightly from the survey.
Data for waves previous to Wave 8 published earlier by the source.

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