Devices used
Last updated: Friday, 1 March 2024
On 18 May 2022, the existing website was replaced. The new cookies functionality on the site meant that people could very easily reject non-essential cookies. As a result of this, the figures from May 2022 onwards show a significant reduction. This does not necessarily mean fewer people are using the site, but just that we have a smaller dataset to work with.
Year | Pageviews | Desktop | Tablet | Smartphone |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 699,504 | 17.3% | 2.4% | 80.3% |
2023 | 3,764,962 | 15.6% | 2.2% | 82.2% |
2022 | 4,589,120 | 16.4% | 2.5% | 81.1% |
2021 | 7,027,924 | 33.9% | 3.7% | 62.4% |
2020 | 6,316,573 | 29.6% | 6% | 64.4% |
2019 | 5,661,616 | 36.4% | 8.3% | 55.3% |
2018 | 6,533,082 | 36.1% | 10.3% | 53.6% |
2017 | 5,771,150 | 35.8% | 12.1% | 52.1% |
2016 | 5,034,880 | 39.1% | 11.7% | 49.1% |
2015 | 5,064,490 | 46.5% | 13.3% | 40.1% |
2014 | 5,354,275 | 56.9% | 12.7% | 30.4% |
2013 | 4,943,830 | 69.9% | 8.8% | 21.3% |
2012 | 4,258,241 | 83.4% | 4.2% | 12.4% |
2011 | 3,948,741 | 93% | 0.2% | 6.8% |
2010 | 4,561,814 | 97.4% | 2.6% | 0% |
2009 | 3,627,496 | 99.8% | 0% | 0.2% |
2008 | 2,955,117 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Change in devices used to access the website
Over the last decade, our website analytics have identified a shift from visitors solely accessing the website by a desktop, to visitors choosing to browse by a mobile or tablet device.
In 2008 100% of all visitors to our website were browsing on a desktop. Yet, in May 2018 this number had dropped to 37.8%, with mobile and tablet visitors accounting for 62.2%.
We expect the percentage of mobile users browsing the website to grow further which is a key reason why we aim to make all our website content mobile responsive.