U.S.: future cryptocurrency interest by age 2020

U.S. adults grew increasingly more resolved over recent years on whether they wanted to buy Bitcoin, with younger age groups spearheading this development. The percentage of people indicating they are either "very" or "somewhat" likely to buy Bitcoin in the next 5 years increased by 13 percentage points among 18-to 34-year-olds between the spring of 2019 and the fall of 2020. Note that the survey figures provided were from before the surge in the price of Bitcoin that occurred in late 2020 and early 2021. The source even mentions that despite the price being below the all-time height observed during publication, "a surge in the general population's propensity to purchase Bitcoin" was observed during the survey.

Age groups in the United States who are likely to purchase Bitcoin in the next five years from 2017 to 2020

Characteristic	Fall 2017	Spring 2019	Fall 2020
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Release date

December 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017, 2019 and 2020

Number of respondents

around 2,000

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

General population, "very" or "somewhat" likely to purchase Bitcoin in the next five years

Method of interview

Panel survey

Supplementary notes

As of early 2021, no newer version of the survey was available.

The source mentions that "figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population."

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.

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