French-speaking Belgium: main platforms for reading e-books 2021

According to a survey held in French-speaking Belgium in 2021, 65 percent of Francophones aged 15 years or older who had purchased an e-book in the last year downloaded e-books via Amazon. Google Play and iBooks were the second and third most popular options respectively, whereas just three percent used Librel.

Preferred platforms used for downloading e-books among Francophones in Belgium from 2016 to 2021

Characteristic	Amazon	Google Play*	iBooks	Librel	Izneo	Other
2021	65%	28%	26%	3%	2%	5%
2020	66%	24%	27%	3%	1%	7%
2019	67%	30%	29%	5%	3%	9%
2018	64%	31%	23%	6%	3%	14%
2017	63%	19%	30%	3%	2%	9%
2016	67%	19%	23%	3%	5%	21%

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2016 to 2021

Number of respondents

2021: 330

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

e-book readers who have bought at least one e-book; among those living in the Walloon or Brussels-Capital region

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Pour vos achats de livres numériques, quels sont vos canaux privilégiés?" (English: What are your favorite platforms to buy e-books?)

* Google Play replaces Google Books in the 2018 report

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