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North America sharing economy services usage 2017, by age group

Share of internet users who use select professional or sharing economy services in North America as of March 2017, by age group

The data describes the share of internet users in North America who use select professional or sharing economy services as of March 2017, sorted by age. According to the source, the pre-owned goods market had the biggest usage rate of sharing economy services for the age group 18 to 34 year olds. The Millennial group had reported in 50% use of this service, while older generations 35 and over had only reported in 36%.

Preowned goods (e.g., eBay) 50 36
Car services (e.g., Uber) 32 12
Custom products (e.g., Etsy) 32 11
Space to stay (e.g., Airbnb) 30 11
Personal services (e.g., house clean/repair) 22 10
Professional services (e.g., taxes) 20 7
Crowdfunding (e.g., Kickstarter) 17 7
Money lending (e.g., Kiva) 17 4
Borrow or lend cars/bikes (e.g., car2go) 14 4