Digital music downloading in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2022, by frequency

Published by Patrick Leu, May 29, 2024
According to a study on digital music downloading among internet users in the United Kingdom during multiple survey waves running between March 2015 and March 2022, 28 percent of respondents reported downloading digital music in the three months prior to the survey in 2022. This is a decrease compared to the previous year during which 23 percent of respondents stated that they downloaded music.

Have you ever downloaded digital music?

CharacteristicEver donePast three months
March to May 2015 34% 24%
March to May 2016 33% 22%
March 2017 31% 21%
March 2018 31% 21%
March 2019 - 31%
March 2020 - 23%
March 2021 - 26%
March 2022 - 28%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents34%34%33%33%31%31%31%31%24%24%22%22%21%21%21%21%31%31%23%23%26%26%28%28%Ever donePast three monthsMarch to May 2015March to May 2016March 2017March 2018March 2019March 2020March 2021March 2022
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Release date

February 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2015 to March 2022

Number of respondents

5,000 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

Internet users

Supplementary notes

The sample was weighted by gender, age and region to ensure it was representative of the UK 12+ population.
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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