This statistic shows activities carried out online by individuals in Great Britain as of 2020, by gender. In 2019, of respondents, 86 percent of men and 85 percent of women reported using the internet for sending and receiving emails.
Activities performed online by individuals in Great Britain in 2020, by gender
Characteristic
Men
Women
Sending/receiving emails
86%
85%
Finding information about goods and services
83%
80%
Internet banking
76%
76%
Using instant messaging services (eg Skype or WhatsApp)
69%
74%
Social networking (eg Facebook or Twitter)
69%
72%
Reading online news, newspapers or magazines
74%
67%
Listening to/downloading music
67%
58%
Looking for health-related information (eg injury, disease, nutrition, improving health etc)
53%
67%
Making video or voice calls over the internet (eg via Skype or Facetime)
46%
51%
Selling goods or services over the internet
23%
18%
Playing or downlaoding games
43%
39%
Watching video content from services such as YouTube
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 7, 2020). Activities performed online by individuals in Great Britain in 2020, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/286079/internet-activities-in-great-britain-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Activities performed online by individuals in Great Britain in 2020, by gender." Chart. August 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/286079/internet-activities-in-great-britain-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). Activities performed online by individuals in Great Britain in 2020, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/286079/internet-activities-in-great-britain-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Activities Performed Online by Individuals in Great Britain in 2020, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/286079/internet-activities-in-great-britain-by-gender/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Activities performed online by individuals in Great Britain in 2020, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/286079/internet-activities-in-great-britain-by-gender/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Activities performed online by individuals in Great Britain in 2020, by gender [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/286079/internet-activities-in-great-britain-by-gender/
