The statistic presents data on the preferred platform for pirated TV worldwide in 2016 and 2017. According to the source, mobile devices (including phones and tablets) accounted for 52 percent of visits to illegal television streaming sites in 2017, an increase from 32 percent in 2016.
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The statistic presents data on the preferred platform for pirated TV worldwide in 2016 and 2017. According to the source, mobile devices (including phones and tablets) accounted for 52 percent of visits to illegal television streaming sites in 2017, an increase from 32 percent in 2016.
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The statistic presents data on the preferred platform for pirated TV worldwide in 2016 and 2017. According to the source, mobile devices (including phones and tablets) accounted for 52 percent of visits to illegal television streaming sites in 2017, an increase from 32 percent in 2016.
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- March 2018
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- Worldwide
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- 2017
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Mobile includes phones and tablets
Desktop includes computers and laptops
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2017
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Mobile includes phones and tablets
Desktop includes computers and laptops
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Statistics on "Illegal media consumption in the United Kingdom (UK)"
- Overview
The most important statistics
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- Distribution of paid and free digital content consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018, by typeDistribution of paid and free digital content consumed in the UK in 2018, by type
- Legal and illegal distribution of digital media content consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2018, by typeLegal and illegal split of digital content consumed in the UK 2018, by type
- Have you consumed any type of digital media illegally in the past three months?*Illegal digital media content consumption in the UK 2012-2018
- Online services and software usage
The most important statistics
- Which sites or services have you used in the past three months stream/access, or share films through the internet?Leading digital film services used by copyright infringers in the UK 2018
- Leading services used for digital television consumption among copyright infringers in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2018Leading online television services used among copyright infringers in the UK 2018
- Which sites or services have you used in the past three months to stream/access, or share music tracks or albums through the internet?Online music services used among copyright infringers in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
- Use of uTorrent to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018, by legality groupuTorrent use to consume digital content in the UK 2012-2018, by legality group
- Use of cyberblocker services to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2017, by legality group*Cyberblocker services use to consume or share digital content in the UK 2012-2017
- Consumption behavior
The most important statistics
- Have you ever done the following with any type of digital content?Digital content behavior in the UK as of 2018
- Have you consumed the following type of digital content legally or illegally?Legality of digital content consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2018
- Have you consumed digital films illegally in the past three months?*Illegal digital film consumption in the UK 2012-2018
- Have you consumed digital television programs illegally in the past three months?Illegal digital TV program consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
- Have you consumed digital music illegally in the past three months?Illegal digital music consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
- Have you consumed video games online illegally in the past three months?Illegal digital video game consumption in the UK 2012-2018
- Have you consumed e-books illegally in the past three months?Illegal e-book consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
- Consumer demographics and attitudes
The most important statistics
- Share of internet users who consume digital content legally and illegally in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018, by age groupDigital content consumers in the UK 2018, by age group
- Share of internet users who consume digital content legally and illegally in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018, by genderDigital content consumers in the UK 2018, by gender
- Share of internet users who consume digital content legally and illegally in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018, by socio-economic groupDigital content consumers in the UK 2018, by socio-economic group
- To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?Attitudes towards digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018
- Main motivators to access unauthorized film and TV content in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2016Main motivators for video content infringement in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
- Main motivators to access authorized film and TV content in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2016Main motivators for accessing paid video content in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
- Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally?Factors discouraging illegal digital content consumption in the UK 2018
- How confident are you that you know what is legal and what isn’t in terms of downloading, streaming/accessing, and sharing content through the internet?Confidence in knowing what is legal online in the United Kingdom as of 2018
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- Most number of visits to media piracy sites worldwide in 2017, by country (in billions)
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- Which sites or services have you used in the past three months stream/access, or share films through the internet?
- Leading services used for digital television consumption among copyright infringers in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2018
- Have you ever done the following with any type of digital content?
- Have you consumed the following type of digital content legally or illegally?
- Share of internet users who consume digital content legally and illegally in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2018, by age group
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- Which of the following do you think would make you stop downloading or streaming files illegally?
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