For this report, the Dutch respondents replied this following question : "Which online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?" The figure illustrates the share of individuals who used the internet for online information and entertainment activities in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2019. As of 2019, 72 percent of the individuals in the Netherlands said they used the internet to play or download music and games.
Which online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?
Characteristic
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Information about goods and services
76.3%
76.5%
79.8%
79%
78.6%
83.3%
83.7%
84.2%
Playing or downloading music or games
53.5%
57.6%
58.3%
57.2%
57.5%
64.6%
62%
72.3%
Reading or downloading newspapers or news magazines
individuals who are part of a private household; internet for private usage
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Did you use the internet in the past three months for one of the following activities: to find information about goods or services; to use services in the travel branch; to look for a job or apply for a job; to find information concerning health; to listen to the radio; to watch television; to read or download newspapers or news magazines; to play or download games, images, movies or music; to upload self made pictures, music, videos, text or software; to download software other than games?"
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (October 8, 2019). Which online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/575984/online-information-and-entertainment-activities-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Which online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?." Chart. October 8, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/575984/online-information-and-entertainment-activities-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2019). Which online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/575984/online-information-and-entertainment-activities-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Which Online Information and Entertainment Activities Have You Engaged in over The past 3 Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/575984/online-information-and-entertainment-activities-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Which online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/575984/online-information-and-entertainment-activities-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited November 03, 2024)
Which online information and entertainment activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months? [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, October 8, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/575984/online-information-and-entertainment-activities-in-the-netherlands/