UK: reasons for sharing media content online 2018

This statistic displays the reasons UK digital content sharers gave for sharing media online as of March 2018. The most commonly cited reason for sharing media online was "its easy to do," with 53 percent of respondents giving this response.

What are your personal reasons for sharing media content online?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
It is easy to do	53%
It is what every one does	30%
It is only fair	24%
My friends / family can't access the files themselves	19%
I should be able to share my content with whomever I choose	15%
It gives me status	13%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2018

Number of respondents

415 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

all who had shared any of the six content types of interest in the past three months

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