Illegal digital music consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 17, 2019
This statistic displays the share internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) who reported having consumed digital music illegally, according to a survey conducted in eight waves between August 2012 and May 2018. As of the most recent wave, ending May 2018, seven percent of respondents reported consuming any illegal music.

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

100% illegalAny illegal
August to October 20126%10%
November 2012 to January 20135%10%
March to May 20135%9%
March to May 20155%9%
March to May 20165%8%
March to May 20174%7%
March to May 20184%7%
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Release date

July 2018

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

* Base varied by content type.
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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