The Digital Legacy Association run the Digital Death Survey to help explore attitudes and behaviours towards death and bereavement in today’s increasingly, digital world. Data in the 2026 report will be made ‘open access’ and available for editors, educators, academics and society at large.
The full Digital Death Report 2026 will be published in early 2026
Sample datasets, academic posters and reports from previous years
- Academic reference (ResearchGate) click here.
Below is a variety of different datasets collected from the Digital Legacy Association’s Digital Death Survey since 2014. The data is displayed in different formats and contexts
The Digital Death Report 2021
Data from the Digital Death Survey 2020-2021 has been shared in the following academic posters
Why Digital Assets planning and Digital Legacy safeguarding should form a holistic approach to advance care planning
Presented at the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference 2022)
- To download this poster for free click here.
- Academic reference (ResearchGate) click here
Death, the internet and COVID-19 – Insights from the Digital Death Survey (presented at the European Association of Palliative Care World Congress 2020)
- To download this poster for free click here.
- Academic reference (ResearchGate) click here
The Digital Death Survey 2018
Download the Digital Death Survey 2018
The Digital Death Survey 2017
An overview from Digital Death Report 2018 can be downloaded here. Further analysis was published and showcased at Hospice UK’s annual conference in November 2017.
Download the Digital Death Survey 2017
The Digital Death Survey 2016
The Digital Death Report 2016 Infographic can be viewed below
The Digital Death Survey 2014
An overview from the Digital Death Survey 2014 can be viewed in the Infographic below: 
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