Opinions on in-person vs. virtual attendance of events worldwide after COVID-19 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, May 27, 2021

A March 2021 study focused on in-person and virtual attendance of events after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Events were defined as music concerts, conferences, or religious services. In the United States, 52 percent of respondents claimed they will attend events both in-person and via video conferencing after the health crisis. In Japan, 65 percent of the survey sample stated the same. Meanwhile, 10 percent of respondents from India believed they will only use video conferencing to attend events after the pandemic.

Share of individuals planning to attend events in-person and virtually after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic worldwide as of March 2021, by country

Characteristic	Will only meet in person	Will use both	Will only use video conferencing
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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 15 to 26, 2021

Number of respondents

7,689*

Special properties

respondents who used video for events in the past six months

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*The survey sample included: 1,021 respondents from the United States, 1,033 from the United Kingdom, 1,012 from Germany, 1,011 from Japan. 1,007 from India, 525 from France, 530 from Brazil, 522 from Mexico, 516 from Australia, and 512 from Singapore.

The source specified to have used the following criteria when selecting respondents for the survey sample:
"respondent could not work in Journalism/PR, Marketing, or Technology & Software; respondent had to have used video communications during the past month; respondent needed to be aware of and used at least one of the video communications platforms asked; respondent must have used video communications (VC) for at least one of the activities asked."

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows:
"Thinking about the future or life after COVID-19, do you plan to attend Events in person or virtually?"
Events were defined as watching an online concert, and attending a conference or religious service virtually.

Missing/exceeding percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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