Digital music consumption by frequency UK 2012-2018

The statistic presents data on digital music consumption among internet users in the United Kingdom as of eight survey waves running between August 2012 and March 2018. As of wave eight, ending March 2018, 47 percent of respondents reported ever having consumed digital music, compared to 37 percent that reported having consumed digital music (via streaming, accessing or downloading) in the three months previous to survey.

Have you consumed digital music?*

Characteristic	Ever done	Past three months
August to October 2012	48%	36%
November 2012 to January 2013	50%	38%
March to May 2013	48%	35%
March to May 2015	46%	35%
March to May 2016	48%	37%
March 2017	47%	37%
March 2018	47%	37%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012 to March 2018

Number of respondents

4,526**

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

among internet users

Supplementary notes

* Consumed includes streaming, accessing and downloading. Excludes use of online radio stations. Music videos and short video clips were asked separately.
** Base of most recent survey wave (Wave 8). Base varied by wave: n (W2) = 4,728; n (W3) = 4,708; n (W4) = 4,673; n(W5) = 4,552, n(W6) = 4,670, n(W7) = 4,573.
Online (CAWI) and face-to-face (CAPI) surveys were used.
The source does not provide detailed information regarding the question. The chosen wording here might therefore differ slightly from the survey.
Data for waves previous to Wave 8 published earlier by the source.

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