Internet users reading news online in the United Kingdom 2013-2020

In 2020, the share of internet users reading news online in the United Kingdom increased by 3.5 percentage points since 2019. Therefore, the share of online news readers in the United Kingdom reached a peak in 2020 with 73.9 percent. Notably, the share of online news readers has been, with the exception of 2016, continuously increasing over the last years.

The EU survey on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in households and by individuals is an annual survey conducted since 2002 aiming at collecting and disseminating harmonised and comparable information on the use of ICT in households and by individuals. Data presented in this domain are collected on a yearly basis by the National Statistical Institutes and are based on Eurostat's annual model questionnaire. This questionnaire is updated each year to reflect the evolving situation of information and communication technologies
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