E-book reading online UK 2022

Data on online e-book streaming and accessing among internet users in the United Kingdom in 2022 found that just nine percent had read an e-book online without downloading the e-book onto their device in the three months running to the survey. The figures for 2021 and 2022 were however higher than in previous years.

Online e-book reading in the last three months in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
2022	9%
2021	9%
2020	8%
2018	6%
2017	7%
2016	7%
2015	6%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2015 to 2022

Number of respondents

2022: 5,749

Age group

12 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question: Have you streamed or accessed any of the following through the internet in the past 3 months? By this we mean that you viewed, listened or played them directly through the internet without downloading them onto your device (e.g. computer, laptop, smartphone etc.): E-books
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