UK: Facebook use to consume or share digital content 2012-2018

This statistic presents the share of legal digital content consumers that used Facebook to consume and/or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018. As of the most recent survey wave, ending in March 2018, 18 percent of respondents reported using Facebook in this way.

Use of Facebook to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018

Characteristic	Share of respondents
March 2018	18%
March 2017	18%
March to May 2016	16%
March to May 2015	14%
March to May 2013	14%
November 2012 to January 2013	17%
August to October 2012	14%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012 to March 2018

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

non-infringers**; those who had downloaded, streamed/accessed or shared any of the six content types in the past three months***

Supplementary notes

Base of most recent survey wave (Wave 6). Base varied by wave: n (W2) = 2,062; n (W3) = 2,206; n (W4) = 2,034; n (W5) =1,171; n (W6) = 2,284; n (W7) = 2,254.
* Only respondents that reported having consumed no illegal digital content.
** Content types included: music, e-books, video games, computer software, films and tv shows.
Online (CAWI) and face-to-face (CAPI) surveys were used.
Data for waves previous to Wave 5 published earlier by the source.

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