Europe: people reading news online by education by age

The European questionnaire on Information and Communication Technologies Data reveals that there exists a disparity between the internet usage of people of different age groups. This disparity although present in most countries, differs widely in its severity.
In 2020, 69 percent of internet users across the European Union (EU-27) between 16 and 24 responded that they used the internet to access online new sites, newspapers, or news magazines. With 89 percent of this age group responding this way Portugal had the highest share among the selected European countries, followed by Croatia. Least likely to use the internet to access news sites were people aged between 55 and 64 years old. Across the EU-27 only 19 percent did so.

Share of people in selected European countries visiting online news sites, newspapers, or news magazines 2020, by age group

Characteristic	16 to 24 years old	25 to 34 years old	35 to 44 years old	45 to 54 years old	55 to 64 years old
United Kingdom	77%	83%	85%	76%	15%
Sweden	72%	92%	90%	88%	5%
Portugal	89%	91%	88%	69%	27%
Poland	74%	81%	77%	67%	25%
Netherlands	81%	88%	88%	85%	27%
Italy	52%	59%	59%	52%	15%
Croatia	87%	91%	94%	81%	23%
Spain	80%	89%	86%	79%	27%
Germany	71%	89%	85%	81%	22%
Belgium	68%	74%	74%	67%	15%
European Union (EU-27)	69%	78%	75%	68%	19%

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2020

Age group

16-64 years

Supplementary notes

*No data available for 2018
The aim of the European ICT surveys is the timely provision of statistics on individuals and households on the use of Information and Communication Technologies at European level.
Data coverage corresponds to Dataset [ISOC_BDE15CUA] code [I_IUNW1] of the (Information and Communication Technologies) survey.

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