According to a YouGov survey conducted in Germany in March 2020, 44 percent of respondents were ready or mostly ready to install a coronavirus warning app on their smartphones. This app is voluntary and is supposed to make it possible to find and warn people who have been near an infected person. Data from smartphones are saved in anonymized way.
Would you be ready to install an "anti-corona app" on a smartphone?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Yes
25%
Mostly yes
19%
Mostly no
14%
No
29%
Don't know/ no information
13%
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%
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This question was asked during the survey in the following wording: "Would you be ready to install an anti-corona smartphone app, which, through an anonymized saving of mobile phone data, allows to find and warn people who were near those infected, according to the app locating?"
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YouGov. (March 30, 2020). Would you be ready to install an "anti-corona app" on a smartphone? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123950/anti-coronavirus-covid-19-smartphone-app-installation-readiness-germany/
YouGov. "Would you be ready to install an "anti-corona app" on a smartphone?." Chart. March 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123950/anti-coronavirus-covid-19-smartphone-app-installation-readiness-germany/
YouGov. (2020). Would you be ready to install an "anti-corona app" on a smartphone?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123950/anti-coronavirus-covid-19-smartphone-app-installation-readiness-germany/
YouGov. "Would You Be Ready to Install An "Anti-corona App" on a Smartphone?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123950/anti-coronavirus-covid-19-smartphone-app-installation-readiness-germany/
YouGov, Would you be ready to install an "anti-corona app" on a smartphone? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123950/anti-coronavirus-covid-19-smartphone-app-installation-readiness-germany/ (last visited May 17, 2025)
Would you be ready to install an "anti-corona app" on a smartphone? [Graph], YouGov, March 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123950/anti-coronavirus-covid-19-smartphone-app-installation-readiness-germany/
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