Digital media consumption by frequency UK 2012-2018

The statistic presents data on digital media consumption among internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) as of eight survey waves running between August 2012 and May 2017. As of wave eight, ending March 2018, 58 percent of respondents reported ever having consumed media digitally, compared to 49 percent that reported having consumed digital media in the three months previous to survey.

Have you ever consumed digital media by downloading, streaming or accessing it online?*

Characteristic	Ever done	Past three months
August to October 2012	66%	57%
November 2012 to January 2013	69%	60%
March to May 2013	65%	56%
March to May 2015	69%	62%
March to May 2016	67%	59%
March to May 2017	67%	59%
March 2018	58%	49%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012 to May 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. Digital media includes: music, films, TV shows/programs, computer software, video games and e-books.
** 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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