Consumers who have shopped around using a comparison site in the last three months
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Question originally asked as "Thinking about the [first] comparison site you visited when you last compared [PRODUCT],
which of these best describes how you ended up on it?" Base includes consumers who have shopped around using a comparison site in the last three months.
Citation formats
Methods by which users discovered particular digital comparison tools in the UK 2017
This statistic shows the means by which consumers in the United Kingdom (UK) ended up using a particular digital comparison tool. After consumers who knew exactly which site they wanted to visit before using the service, search engines such as Google were the most popular source of traffic, with 30 percent of respondents citing that as a major factor.
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Competition and Markets Authority. (September 26, 2017). Means by which users ended up using a particular digital comparison tool (in percentage of total respondents) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/910917/use-of-online-comparison-tools-discovery/
Competition and Markets Authority. "Means by which users ended up using a particular digital comparison tool (in percentage of total respondents)." Chart. September 26, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /statistics/910917/use-of-online-comparison-tools-discovery/
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Means by which users ended up using a particular digital comparison tool (in percentage of total respondents) [Graph], Competition and Markets Authority, September 26, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/910917/use-of-online-comparison-tools-discovery/