This statistic represents the penetration of at least weekly internet use in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020. In 2020, four percent of the British population used the internet at least once a week (less often than daily). Penetration of weekly internet use fell from 16 percent in 2006.
Share of the population using the internet at least weekly in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020*
* Adults who used the internet at least weekly, but not daily.
** The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey is carried out by interviewing a nationally representative sample of households in Great Britain. About 1,800 households (2,010 from 2019) are sampled each month and estimates are subject to sampling variability, as are those from all sample surveys.
More information on the methodology can be found here.
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Office for National Statistics (UK), & GOV.UK. (August 7, 2020). Share of the population using the internet at least weekly in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/286073/weekly-internet-use-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK), und GOV.UK. "Share of the population using the internet at least weekly in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020*." Chart. August 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/286073/weekly-internet-use-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK), GOV.UK. (2020). Share of the population using the internet at least weekly in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/286073/weekly-internet-use-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK), and GOV.UK. "Share of The Population Using The Internet at Least Weekly in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/286073/weekly-internet-use-penetration-in-great-britain/
Office for National Statistics (UK) & GOV.UK, Share of the population using the internet at least weekly in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/286073/weekly-internet-use-penetration-in-great-britain/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of the population using the internet at least weekly in Great Britain from 2006 to 2020* [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), & GOV.UK, August 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/286073/weekly-internet-use-penetration-in-great-britain/
