This survey displays a timeline of the share of Britons who reported having met at least one person online from 2005 to 2013. The share of respondents rose from 20 percent in 2005 to 40 percent in 2013.
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Oxford Internet Institute. (October 8, 2013). Have you ever met someone online that you did not know before? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/275161/share-of-internet-users-who-met-someone-online-in-great-britain/
Oxford Internet Institute. "Have you ever met someone online that you did not know before?." Chart. October 8, 2013. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275161/share-of-internet-users-who-met-someone-online-in-great-britain/
Oxford Internet Institute. (2013). Have you ever met someone online that you did not know before?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275161/share-of-internet-users-who-met-someone-online-in-great-britain/
Oxford Internet Institute. "Have You Ever Met Someone Online That You Did Not Know Before?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Oct 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275161/share-of-internet-users-who-met-someone-online-in-great-britain/
Oxford Internet Institute, Have you ever met someone online that you did not know before? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275161/share-of-internet-users-who-met-someone-online-in-great-britain/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Have you ever met someone online that you did not know before? [Graph], Oxford Internet Institute, October 8, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/275161/share-of-internet-users-who-met-someone-online-in-great-britain/