# United Kingdom Total Sector: Total Software: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Total Software: ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION: £m: CP: NSA () was up 6.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 8.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 229.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.1% (Q2 2021) to 38.8% (Q2 2016), averaging 9.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8J.NACE-M`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/total-sector-total-software-arts-entertainment-and-recreation-m-cp-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 229.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 233.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 240.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 261.0 £m | 37.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 215.0 £m | 0.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 214.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 229.0 £m | 26.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 190.0 £m | 21.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 213.0 £m | 29.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 206.0 £m | 21.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 181.0 £m | −15.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 157.0 £m | −16.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 165.0 £m | −12.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 170.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 213.0 £m | 26.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 189.0 £m | 26.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 189.0 £m | 37.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 184.0 £m | 19.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 168.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 150.0 £m | −14.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 138.0 £m | −21.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 154.0 £m | −14.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 170.0 £m | −15.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 175.0 £m | −3.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8J.NACE-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8J.NACE-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```