Quarterly adoption of mobile payments at POS in the UK 2018-2024
Between 2018 and 2024, the usage of mobiles at point of sale in the United Kingdom (UK) witnessed an increase of 19 percent. In 2018, the share of respondents using mobile payments at POS stood at 14 percent, which increased to 33 percent in the second quarter of 2024. This is according to a question asked throughout multiple surveys from Statista's Consumer Insights. The numbers shown here refer to a rolling 12-month share of respondents who indicated they used a mobile payment device — smartphones, but also smartwatches — in offline shopping areas, such as stores or restaurants.
