Spotify usage to consume digital content UK 2012-2018

This statistic shows the share of legal digital content consumers that used Spotify to consume and/or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018. As of the most recent survey wave, ending in May 2018, 28 percent of respondents reported using the online service (3 percent increase compared to the previous wave of survey).

Use of Spotify to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018

Characteristic	Share of respondents
March to May 2018	28%
March to May 2017	25%
March to May 2016	19%
March to May 2015	11%
March to May 2013	10%
November 2012 to January 2013	9%
August to October 2012	9%

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 2012 to May 2018

Number of respondents

2,142*

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

non-infringers**; those who had downloaded, streamed/accessed or shared any of the six content types in the past three months***

Supplementary notes

* Base of most recent survey wave (Wave 8). Base varied by wave: n (W2) = 2,062; n (W3) = 2,206; n (W4) = 2,034; n (W5) = 1,171; n (W6) = 2,284; n (W7) = 2,254.
** Only respondents that reported having consumed no illegal digital content.
*** Content types included: music, e-books, video games, computer software, films and tv shows.
Online (CAWI) and face-to-face (CAPI) surveys were used.
Data for waves previous to Wave 8 published earlier by the source.

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