Share of internet users in Germany 1997-2024

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Evgenia Koptyug,
Jan 13, 2025

In 2024, 95 percent of respondents stated to use the internet at least occasionally. This graph presents the results of a survey on the share of internet users in Germany from 1997 to 2023.

Share of internet users in Germany from 1997 to 2024

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Release date

September 2024

Region

Germany

Survey time period

1997 to 2024

Number of respondents

2,500 (2024)

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

At least occassionally used

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Number of respondents differed from year to year.
Base until 2009: Germans 14 years and older living in Germany.
1997: n=15,431, 1998: n=9,673, 1999: n=5,661, 2000: n=3,514, 2001: n=2,520, 2002: n=2,293, 2003: n=1,955, 2004: n=1,810, 2005: n=1,857, 2006: n=1,820, 2007: n=1,822, 2008: n=1,802, 2009: n=1,806.
Base from 2010: German-speaking population 14 years of age and older.
2010: n=1,804, 2011: n=1,800, 2012: n=1,800, 2013: n=1,800, 2014: n=1,814, 2015: n=1,800, 2016: n=1,508, 2017: n=2,017, 2018: n=2,009, 2019: n=2,000, 2020: n=2,003, 2021: n= 2,001, 2022: n = 2,007, 2023: n= 2,000.

Since 2017, internet usage has been recorded differently: as a calculated value out of 15 internet activities. Prior to this: the blanket question "Internet used" was used.

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