| Characteristic | Chatting | Reading or keeping a blog | Social network activities** | Sending and receiving e-mail | Making phone calls via internet | Posting societal - political opinions | Participating in societal online discussions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25.2% | 23.8% | 86.9% | 88.6% | 57.9% | 7.7% | 8% |
| 2018 | 24.7% | 22.1% | 84.4% | 87.7% | 55.2% | - | - |
| 2017 | 26.5% | 22.9% | 83.9% | 88.5% | 42.8% | 7.8% | 8.5% |
| 2016 | 23.6% | 20.2% | 79% | 84.9% | 34.8% | 24.1% | 7.2% |
| 2015 | 23.8% | 21.6% | 75.1% | 85% | 30.7% | 22.6% | 6% |
| 2014 | 24.1% | 20.3% | 71.6% | 84.8% | 31.1% | - | - |
| 2013 | 26.4% | 19.9% | 62.1% | 85.1% | 27.7% | 25.5% | 6.1% |
| 2012 | 25.9% | 18.7% | 57.4% | 83.5% | 23.4% | - | - |
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October 2019
Netherlands
2012 to 2019
4,500 respondents
12 years and older
individuals who are part of a private household
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
* The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Did you use the internet in the past 3 months for one of the following activities: To send or receive e-mails; To make phone calls via the internet; To chat; To read or keep up with blogs; To Exchange text messages; To participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; To participate in a professional network like LinkedIn."
** The latter three survey answers are grouped together as 'social network activities': exchange text messages; participate in a social network like Facebook or Twitter; participate in a professional network like LinkedIn.
