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Release date
September 2025
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Region
Germany
Survey time period
1997 to 2025
Number of respondents
2,500 (2024)
Age group
14 years and older
Special properties
Respondents who used the internet at least occasionally
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=3,003, 2021: n=2,001, 2022: n=2.007, 2023: n= 2,000; 2025: n:2,512.
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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