Digital 2020: The United Kingdom

You'll find our complete #Digital2020 report for the United Kingdom in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that's not working for you), but read on below for the essential headlines.

Internet users in the United Kingdom

  • There were 65.00 million internet users in the United Kingdom in January 2020.

  • The number of internet users in the United Kingdom increased by 290 thousand (+0.4%) between 2019 and 2020.

  • Internet penetration in the United Kingdom stood at 96% in January 2020.

Social media users in the United Kingdom

  • There were 45.00 million social media users in the United Kingdom in January 2020.

  • The number of social media users in the United Kingdom increased by 1.3 million (+2.9%) between April 2019 and January 2020.

  • Social media penetration in the United Kingdom stood at 66% in January 2020.

Mobile connections in the United Kingdom

  • There were 72.41 million mobile connections in the United Kingdom in January 2020.

  • The number of mobile connections in the United Kingdom increased by 930 thousand (+1.3%) between January 2019 and January 2020.

  • The number of mobile connections in the United Kingdom in January 2020 was equivalent to 107% of the total population.


Additional resources

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  • Click here to see all of our published reports for the United Kingdom.

  • Explore all of our reports for countries across Northern Europe.

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DigitalSimon KempDigital, Digital 2020, United Kingdom, Europe, Local, Northern Europe, Great BritainComment