According to March to April 2021 survey data, 11 percent of the online UK population had accessed digital video games via illegal means in the three months prior to the survey. Overall, 17 percent of respondents stated that they had downloaded digital video games.
Digital video game consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) as of April 2021
Original question: Have you downloaded any of the following through the internet in the past 3 months? By downloaded we mean transferring/saving a copy of a file onto your device (e.g. computer, laptop, smartphone etc.)
Have you streamed or accessed any of the following through the internet in the past 3 months? By this we mean that you viewed, listened or played them directly through the internet without downloading them onto your device (e.g. computer, laptop, smartphone etc.)
Use an illegal source: Base for 2020: those who used an illegal source at least once in that category during the past 3 months with ‘‘Download/access for free from the internet, without really being sure where it comes from” not counting as either legal or illegal and those who only selected this option not included in the base
Methodology: Stage 1) Online data collection, with fieldwork taking place between 05/05/20 and 10/06/20 Stage 2) Online Community, with fieldwork taking place between 06/06/20 and 12/06/20
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GOV.UK, & Intellectual Property Office (UK). (December 22, 2021). Digital video game consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) as of April 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/254627/digital-video-game-behavior-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK, und Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Digital video game consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) as of April 2021." Chart. December 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/254627/digital-video-game-behavior-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK, Intellectual Property Office (UK). (2021). Digital video game consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) as of April 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/254627/digital-video-game-behavior-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK, and Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Digital Video Game Consumption in The United Kingdom (Uk) as of April 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/254627/digital-video-game-behavior-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK & Intellectual Property Office (UK), Digital video game consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) as of April 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/254627/digital-video-game-behavior-in-the-uk/ (last visited August 13, 2022)
