This statistic displays the results of a survey on internet usage in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by age group. In 2020, internet penetration was at a hundred percent among those surveyed, which included respondents from the age of 16 using any device and connection type at any location to access the internet. A year prior, only 70 percent of those aged 55 and above said that they went online. This has since clearly changed due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdowns across the world.
Internet usage via any device in any location in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by age group*
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Statistics on Internet usage demographics in the United Kingdom (UK)
Usage overview
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Age and gender
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Ofcom. (April 28, 2021). Internet usage via any device in any location in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by age group* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/707890/internet-usage-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
Ofcom. "Internet usage via any device in any location in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by age group*." Chart. April 28, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/707890/internet-usage-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
Ofcom. (2021). Internet usage via any device in any location in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by age group*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/707890/internet-usage-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
Ofcom. "Internet Usage via Any Device in Any Location in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2020, by Age Group*." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/707890/internet-usage-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/
Ofcom, Internet usage via any device in any location in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by age group* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/707890/internet-usage-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Internet usage via any device in any location in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by age group* [Graph], Ofcom, April 28, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/707890/internet-usage-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age-group/