According to a survey conducted in eight waves between August 2012 and March 2020, the share of internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) who had consumed digital music illegally had dropped from 20 percent in 2019 to 18 percent in 2020. The lowest figure at 18 percent of all respondents was reported in 2017 and 2020.
Have you consumed digital music illegally in the past three months?
*Base of most recent survey wave (Wave 9). 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) = 4,032. Online and face-to-face surveys were used prior to 2019. In 2019 only an online survey was used.
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GOV.UK, & Intellectual Property Office (UK). (March 30, 2021). Have you consumed digital music illegally in the past three months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291298/illegal-digital-music-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK, und Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Have you consumed digital music illegally in the past three months?." Chart. March 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291298/illegal-digital-music-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK, Intellectual Property Office (UK). (2021). Have you consumed digital music illegally in the past three months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291298/illegal-digital-music-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK, and Intellectual Property Office (UK). "Have You Consumed Digital Music Illegally in The past Three Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291298/illegal-digital-music-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
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