As of 2022, the share of internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) who had consumed computer software illegally was 38 percent. This share had increased in the last three years of survey by 18 percent.
Share of users in the United Kingdom who consumed computer software illegally from 2015 to 2022
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Statistics on Illegal media consumption in the United Kingdom (UK)
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of media piracy site visits worldwide 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Distribution of paid and free digital content consumed in the UK in 2019, by type
- Premium Statistic Legal and illegal split of digital content consumed in the UK 2018, by type
- Basic Statistic Illegal digital media content consumption in the UK 2022
Online services and software usage
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- Premium Statistic Leading digital film services used by copyright infringers in the UK 2018
- Premium Statistic Leading online television services used among copyright infringers in the UK 2018
- Basic Statistic Online music services used among copyright infringers in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
- Basic Statistic uTorrent use to consume digital content in the UK 2012-2018, by legality group
- Basic Statistic Illegal computer software consumption in the UK 2022
Consumption behavior
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- Premium Statistic Digital content behavior in the UK as of 2018
- Premium Statistic Legality of digital content consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2020
- Premium Statistic Share of internet users downloading or streaming films illegally in the UK 2015-2021
- Basic Statistic Illegal digital TV program consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2021
- Basic Statistic Illegal digital music consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Illegal digital video game consumption in the UK 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Illegal e-book reading in the UK 2020-2022
Consumer demographics and attitudes
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- Premium Statistic Drivers of digital video purchases in the UK 2022
- Premium Statistic Drivers of digital audio purchases in the UK 2022
- Premium Statistic Digital content consumers in the UK 2018, by age group
- Premium Statistic Digital content consumers in the UK 2018, by gender
- Premium Statistic Digital content consumers in the UK 2018, by socio-economic group
- Premium Statistic Attitudes towards digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018
- Premium Statistic Factors discouraging illegal digital content consumption in the UK 2018
- Basic Statistic Confidence in knowing what is legal online in the United Kingdom as of 2018
Further related statistics
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- Most commonly used stream-ripping software in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
- CPI-W for computer software and accessories expenditure in the U.S.
- Downloading software in Great Britain 2007-2015
- Estimated revenue of US application software publishers 2005-2010
- U.S. application software publishing revenue in 2010, by software type
- Office suites market share in Japan 2019
- Revenue of U.S. system software publishers in 2010, by software type
- Personal computer software: U.S. consumer electronics sales
- UK: distribution of illegal digital content consumers 2018, by socio-economic group
- Computer software consumption in the UK 2012-2018, by paid and free
- Countries downloading most pirated horror video content 2015
- Share of Russians illegally using digital media in 2019, by format
- Monthly reach of illegal video consumption in selected Nordic countries 2017
- Reasons why Russians do not pay for legal online content in 2019
- Hungarians willing to use illegally copied or downloaded computer software 2020
- Computer stores: retail sales growth in the Netherlands 2005-2015
- Unified communications software market share in France 2020
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Statistics
- Most commonly used stream-ripping software in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
- CPI-W for computer software and accessories expenditure in the U.S.
- Downloading software in Great Britain 2007-2015
- Estimated revenue of US application software publishers 2005-2010
- U.S. application software publishing revenue in 2010, by software type
- Office suites market share in Japan 2019
- Revenue of U.S. system software publishers in 2010, by software type
- Personal computer software: U.S. consumer electronics sales
- UK: distribution of illegal digital content consumers 2018, by socio-economic group
- Computer software consumption in the UK 2012-2018, by paid and free
- Countries downloading most pirated horror video content 2015
- Share of Russians illegally using digital media in 2019, by format
- Monthly reach of illegal video consumption in selected Nordic countries 2017
- Reasons why Russians do not pay for legal online content in 2019
- Hungarians willing to use illegally copied or downloaded computer software 2020
- Computer stores: retail sales growth in the Netherlands 2005-2015
- Unified communications software market share in France 2020
Intellectual Property Office (UK), & GOV.UK. (February 3, 2023). Share of users in the United Kingdom who consumed computer software illegally from 2015 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291303/illegal-computer-software-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), und GOV.UK. "Share of users in the United Kingdom who consumed computer software illegally from 2015 to 2022." Chart. February 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291303/illegal-computer-software-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), GOV.UK. (2023). Share of users in the United Kingdom who consumed computer software illegally from 2015 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291303/illegal-computer-software-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK), and GOV.UK. "Share of Users in The United Kingdom Who Consumed Computer Software Illegally from 2015 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291303/illegal-computer-software-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/
Intellectual Property Office (UK) & GOV.UK, Share of users in the United Kingdom who consumed computer software illegally from 2015 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291303/illegal-computer-software-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/ (last visited May 29, 2023)
Share of users in the United Kingdom who consumed computer software illegally from 2015 to 2022 [Graph], Intellectual Property Office (UK), & GOV.UK, February 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291303/illegal-computer-software-consumption-in-the-united-kingdom/