Illegal e-book reading in the UK 2020-2022

Published by
Amy Watson,
Dec 10, 2024
According to a survey conducted in 2022, the share of internet users in the United Kingdom who had consumed e-books illegally via either a mix of legal and illegal sources or exclusively illegal sources was 24 percent in the three months running to the survey. This was up by 10 percent from the previous year.

Illegal e-book consumption in the last three months in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2020 to 2022

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Release date

February 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2020 to 2022

Number of respondents

5,000 respondents

Age group

12 years and older

Special properties

among internet users who had used illegal or legal sources to access e-books in the past three months

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Data for previous years comes from earlier reports.

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