According to a study on digital music streaming among internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2015 and March 2020, 37 percent of respondents reported streaming or accessing digital music in the three months prior to the survey. This is a slight decrease from the previous year when 40 percent used digital music streaming.
Have you ever streamed or accessed digital music online (excluding via an online radio station)?*
* 'Music videos' and 'short video clips' were asked separately for the 'ever done' and 'done in past three months' questions to aid with the distinctions. ** 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; n(W8) = 4,526 Online (CAWI) and face-to-face (CAPI) surveys were used. The source mentions that the methodology changed between March 2018 and March 2019.
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Intellectual Property Office (UK), & GOV.UK. (March 30, 2021). Have you ever streamed or accessed digital music online (excluding via an online radio station)?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 24, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291132/digital-music-streaming-uk-by-frequency/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), und GOV.UK. "Have you ever streamed or accessed digital music online (excluding via an online radio station)?*." Chart. March 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 24, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291132/digital-music-streaming-uk-by-frequency/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), GOV.UK. (2021). Have you ever streamed or accessed digital music online (excluding via an online radio station)?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 24, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291132/digital-music-streaming-uk-by-frequency/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), and GOV.UK. "Have You Ever Streamed or Accessed Digital Music Online (excluding via An Online Radio Station)?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291132/digital-music-streaming-uk-by-frequency/
Intellectual Property Office (UK) & GOV.UK, Have you ever streamed or accessed digital music online (excluding via an online radio station)?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291132/digital-music-streaming-uk-by-frequency/ (last visited May 24, 2022)
