Share of internet users in Germany 1997-2024, by age group

Number of respondents differed from year to year:
n(1997)=15,431, n(1998)=9,673, n(1999)=5,661, n(2000)=3,514, n(2001)=2,520, n(2002)=2,293, n(2003)=1,955, n(2004)=1,810, n(2005)=1,857, n(2006)=1,820, n(2007)=1,822, n(2008)=1,802, n(2009)=1,806, n(2010)=1,804, n(2011)=1,800, n(2012)=1,800, n(2013)=1,389, n(2014)=1,814, n(2015)=1,800, n(2016)=1,508, n(2017)=2,017, n(2018)=2,009. 2019: n=2,000, 2020: n=3,003; 2021: n=2,001; 2022: n = 2,007; 2023: n= 2,000).

Since 2017 internet usage has been recorded in a new way: as the calculated value from 15 internet activities instead of the previous blanket question "Internet used".