Illegal digital music consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2019

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 8, 2021
According to a survey conducted in eight waves between August 2012 and March 2019, the share of internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) who had consumed digital music illegally had dropped from 24 percent in 2015 to 20 percent in 2019. The lowest figure at 18 percent of all respondents was reported in 2017.

Have you consumed digital music illegally in the past three months?

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Release date

February 2020

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012 to March 2019

Number of respondents

2,297*

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

internet users

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*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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