Netherlands: online activities, by age

This statistic shows the responses to the survey question: "Which online communication activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?" The figure illustrates the share of individuals who used the internet for online communication activities in the Netherlands in 2019, by age. As of 2019, 41.1 percent of 65 to 75 year old Dutch individuals said they used the internet to make a phone call.

Which online activities have you engaged in over the past 3 months?

Age in years	12-18 years	18-25 years	25-35 years	35-45 years	45-55 years	55-65 years	65-75 years	75 years and older
Sending and receiving e-mail	80.3%	97.9%	95.9%	95.4%	94.6%	90.5%	83.1%	55.7%
Social network activities**	94.6%	98.5%	96.3%	95.3%	94.5%	88.5%	74.9%	38.6%
Making phone calls via internet	78.2%	77.9%	72.8%	63.8%	57.9%	51.3%	41.1%	18.3%
Chatting	31.6%	40.7%	32%	28.5%	28%	20.4%	13.4%	5.3%
Reading or keeping a blog	21.1%	38.4%	40.4%	30.4%	22.9%	16.5%	11.2%	4%
Posting societal - political opinions	6.3%	12.8%	9.9%	8.5%	8%	6.5%	5.3%	3.1%
Participating in societal online discussions	6.2%	15%	12.2%	9.5%	7%	6%	4.1%	2.8%

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Release date

October 2019

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

individuals who are part of a private household

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Original survey question: "Did you use the internet in the past 3 months for one of the following activities: To send or receive e-mails; To make phone calls via the internet; To chat; To read or keep up with blogs; To Exchange text messages; To participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; To participate in a professional network like LinkedIn."

** The latter three survey answers are grouped together as 'social network activities': exchange text messages; participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; participate in a professional network like LinkedIn.

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