General population, "very" or "somewhat" likely to purchase Bitcoin in the next five years
Method of interview
Panel survey
Supplementary notes
As of early 2021, no newer version of the survey was available.
The source mentions that "figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population."
The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
Citation formats
Likelihood to buy cryptocurrency in the U.S. 2017-2020, by age
U.S. adults grew increasingly more resolved over recent years on whether they wanted to buy Bitcoin, with younger age groups spearheading this development. The percentage of people indicating they are either "very" or "somewhat" likely to buy Bitcoin in the next 5 years increased by ** percentage points among 18-to 34-year-olds between the spring of 2019 and the fall of 2020. Note that the survey figures provided were from before the surge in the price of Bitcoin that occurred in late 2020 and early 2021. The source even mentions that despite the price being below the all-time height observed during publication, "a surge in the general population's propensity to purchase Bitcoin" was observed during the survey.
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Medium. "Age Groups in The United States Who Are Likely to Purchase Bitcoin in The next Five Years from 2017 to 2020." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 2 Dec 2020, /statistics/1223365/cryptocurrency-penetration-gender-usa/
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Age groups in the United States who are likely to purchase Bitcoin in the next five years from 2017 to 2020 [Graph], Medium, December 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1223365/cryptocurrency-penetration-gender-usa/
