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75% -- cookie terms skipping rate for Global consumers (AU, FR, DE, IT, ES, UK, US) (2025)

Name: Cookie Terms Skipping Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-05

2025 · n=7,009 · Bitdefender

75% of surveyed consumers don't read or only skim cookie terms before accepting them.

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Value

75%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2025

Entity

Global consumers (AU, FR, DE, IT, ES, UK, US)

Sample Size

7,009

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

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Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Bitdefender Primary Tier A

https://bitdefender.in/press_releases/new-bitdefender-report-highlights-consumer-cybersecurity-behav… ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Best Virus Protection For Android, Malware Scanner

Original Research

Bitdefender · Original study ↗

Methodology

Bitdefender 2025 Consumer Cybersecurity Survey; Censuswide survey of 7,009 consumers aged 16 to 55+ across seven countries, June–September 2025

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Industrymarketing

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Global consumers (AU, FR, DE, IT, ES, UK, US): 75% cookie terms skipping rate. Source: Bitdefender (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-skip-cookie-terms-2025

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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-skip-cookie-terms-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>75%</strong> -- cookie terms skipping rate for Global consumers (AU, FR, DE, IT, ES, UK, US)<br><small>Source: Bitdefender (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-skip-cookie-terms-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>

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