Analysis of six years of use of the "Alcoomètre," an online tool for self-assessing alcohol consumption risks

The Alcohol Meter is an online tool on the alcool-info-service.fr website that offers a self-assessment questionnaire on alcohol consumption over the past week and a summary that helps users compare their consumption to low-risk consumption guidelines and that of the general population, and to understand the associated long-term risks. Between 2019 and 2024, the Alcoomètre tool page was visited 8 million times, and 2.3 million completed self-assessment questionnaires were recorded. On average, 41,000 self-assessment questionnaires were completed each month by users reporting at least one day of alcohol consumption in the past week, or approximately 1,300 questionnaires completed daily.; The number of completed self-assessment questionnaires is highly dependent on communication campaigns: nearly 7,000 questionnaires per day were completed on average during national campaigns by Santé publique France, compared to 800 during periods without campaigns, a ratio of 1 to 9; The profiles provided by users who reported having consumed alcohol in the past week are predominantly male (nearly two-thirds), and more than three-quarters exceed the guidelines for lower-risk consumption (81%).; The average age of users is 38. The most represented age groups are 25–34 (25%) and 35–44 (28%), with a notable increase in the share of 18–24-year-olds during the study period (+11 percentage points between 2019 and 2024).

Author(s): Andler Raphaël, Bresson Virginie, Fabre Alexandre, Leboulanger Victoria, Nguyen-Thanh Viêt, Quatremère Guillemette

Publishing year: 2026

Pages: 17 p.

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