Internet | 2014 | 2015 |
Average time spent per month browsing online on PCs or laptops | 31 hours 24 minutes (March 2014) | 31 hours 19 minutes (March 2015) |
Average UK broadband speed | 17.8Mbit/s (Nov 2013) | 22.8Mbit/s (Nov 2014) |
Market shares of fixed broadband providers in the UK | BT 31% Virgin Media 20% TalkTalk 16% Sky 21% EE 3% Others 9% (End of 2013) | BT 32% Virgin Media 20% TalkTalk 14% Sky 22% EE 4% Others 8% (End of 2014) |
Number of UK fixed residential & SME broadband lines | 22.8 million (end 2013) | 23.7 million (end 2014) |
Proportion of adults with broadband in the UK (fixed & mobile) | 77% (Q1 2014) | 80% (Q1 2015) |
Proportion of online adults who use social networking sites | 66% (2013) | 72% (2014) |
Proportion of people who use their mobile handset to access the internet | 57% (Q1 2014) | 61% (Q1 2015) |
Superfast fixed broadband lines | 5.3 million (end of 2013) | 7.1million (end of 2014) |
Superfast fixed broadband take-up (excluding leased lines) | 23.2% (end 2013) | 30.0% (end 2014) |