In 2020, buying products online was very common among internet users of all ages in the United Kingdom. Specifically, over 80 percent of consumers within each of the different age groups had purchased an item on the web on any device in the past 30 days. With 87.5 percent, UK shoppers between 45 and 54 years of age were the leading online buyers.
Share of internet users in the United Kingdom that made an online purchase via any device in the past month as of the third quarter of 2020, by age group
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Hootsuite. (February 10, 2021). Share of internet users in the United Kingdom that made an online purchase via any device in the past month as of the third quarter of 2020, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225526/share-of-internet-users-who-bought-online-in-the-uk-in-the-past-month-by-age/
DataReportal, und We Are Social, und Hootsuite. "Share of internet users in the United Kingdom that made an online purchase via any device in the past month as of the third quarter of 2020, by age group." Chart. February 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225526/share-of-internet-users-who-bought-online-in-the-uk-in-the-past-month-by-age/
DataReportal, We Are Social, Hootsuite. (2021). Share of internet users in the United Kingdom that made an online purchase via any device in the past month as of the third quarter of 2020, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225526/share-of-internet-users-who-bought-online-in-the-uk-in-the-past-month-by-age/
DataReportal, and We Are Social, and Hootsuite. "Share of Internet Users in The United Kingdom That Made An Online Purchase via Any Device in The past Month as of The Third Quarter of 2020, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225526/share-of-internet-users-who-bought-online-in-the-uk-in-the-past-month-by-age/
DataReportal & We Are Social & Hootsuite, Share of internet users in the United Kingdom that made an online purchase via any device in the past month as of the third quarter of 2020, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225526/share-of-internet-users-who-bought-online-in-the-uk-in-the-past-month-by-age/ (last visited May 23, 2025)
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