Deleting and blocking cookies: internet users in Germany 2015

This statistic shows the result of a survey on the number of internet users deleting or blocking cookies in Germany from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, there were roughly 29.23 million internet users among the German-speaking population who knew about cookies and had deleted or blocked them.

Number of internet users who deleted, blocked or allowed cookies in Germany from 2013 to 2015 (in millions)

Characteristic	Delete or block cookies	Don't delete or block cookies	Don't know, no answer
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Release date

October 2015

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2013 to 2015

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

German-speaking internet users, who had heard of cookies

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Information on base:
German-speaking population age 14 and over in private households, at main residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Information on random sample:
2013: 8,702 respondents, projected base of 70.33 million persons
2014: 8,156 respondents, projected base of 70.52 million persons
2015: 7,009 respondents, projected base of 69.24 million persons

Information on target group "German-speaking internet users, who had heard of cookies":
2013: projected to a base of 44.77 million persons
2014: projected to a base of 46.4 million persons
2015: projected to a base of 47.52 million persons
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "At home, do you use your browser or a special program for deleting of blocking cookies or is that not the case?"
Since 2011 the question has been phrased as follows: "Do you delete or block cookies, or is that not the case?"
(Original German survey question: "Nutzen Sie zu Hause das Betriebssystem oder spezielle Programme, um Cookies zu löschen oder zu unterdrücken, oder ist das nicht der Fall?")

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