Digital media downloading by frequency UK 2012-2019

According to a survey conducted in eight waves between August 2012 and March 2019, the share of internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) who had downloaded digital media from the internet including music, films, TV shows, games, e-books or software had increased. The biggest change was observed when it came to music downloads, which 31 percent of respondents in 2019 had done. A year prior, only 21 percent claimed to have done so.

Have you downloaded digital media from the internet, including music, films, TV shows, games, e-books or software?

Characteristic	Music	TV Programmes	Films	E-Books	Video Games	Software
2015	24%	9%	9%	11%	8%	9%
2016	22%	10%	10%	10%	8%	8%
2017	21%	11%	11%	10%	9%	9%
2018	21%	9%	9%	9%	10%	9%
2019	31%	22%	18%	18%	18%	20%

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Release date

February 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2015 - March 2019

Number of respondents

5,014*

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

among internet users

Supplementary notes

* Base of most recent survey wave (Wave 9).
Online and face-to-face surveys were used prior to 2019. In 2019 only an online survey was used.
The source adds the following information: there were slight changes to the way in which this question was worded in 2019, which could also have contributed to the increase for some content categories.
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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