Websites visited via desktop or laptop in the UK 2012

This statistic displays websites visited via desktop PC or laptop in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012. Of respondents, 36 percent reported visiting online shopping sites via laptop. Most popular were email or messenger sites on laptop.

Which of the following types of websites do you visit using your desktop PC or laptop?

Characteristic	Desktop PC	Laptop
None of these	55%	43%
Emails/ messenger sites	33%	41%
Search engines	33%	39%
Online shopping sites	28%	36%
News & weather sites	26%	31%
Online banking sites	25%	33%
General information sites (Encyclopaedia/ reference sites)	21%	24%
Price comparison sites	20%	25%
Social networking (including video/ image sharing and blogs/ forums)	19%	29%
Local transport sites/maps (train times, route planning etc.)	15%	19%
Sports news/ scores sites	15%	18%
Public services/ local authority sites (Government, health, council information etc.)	15%	14%
International travel/ holiday sites	14%	16%
General entertainment (Gaming, films, music etc.)	12%	17%
TV on demand sites	11%	16%
Local entertainment sites (i.e. what's going on in your local area)	8%	11%
Tickets sites	8%	12%
Advice sites	8%	9%
Gossip/ celebrity news sites	6%	10%
Property sites	6%	9%
Adult entertainment	5%	6%
Business directories	3%	4%

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Release date

November 2012

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012

Number of respondents

1,298*

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

internet users

Supplementary notes

Of the interviewees, 990 were recruited online, and these people took part in online interviews. The remaining 308 interviewees are people who are offline, and they took part in face-to-face interviews.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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