Level of smart meter awareness in the United Kingdom 2012-2021

* Survey base varied in each year.

Smart meters are next-generation electricity and gas meters, with a direct link between the meter and the energy supplier. This is intended to eliminated estimated energy bills and allow consumers to better monitor their energy consumption.
Percentages may not total 100 percent due to rounding.

Survey methodology up to March 2020 was a Kantar face-to-face omnibus survey. In March 2021, a temporary Kantar online panel type of survey was introduced, which was not based on a random sample of respondents. Due to a change in survey methodology, the source states that direct comparisons between time series is not possible.
This statistic using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0