Digital Services Act

Information on active monthly users as of 01 June 2024

Under Article 24 (2) of the DSA, online platforms are required to publish information on the average monthly active recipients of the service in the EU at least every six months. This is for the purposes of determining whether an online platform is a very large online platform (VLOP), reaching an average of at least 45 million users per month in the EU. VLOPs are subject to additional requirements due to the role they play in the dissemination of content throughout the EU.

Article 24 (2) and other provisions of the DSA provide guidance for online platforms in calculating the number of average monthly active recipients of the service, including limiting this number to recipients located in the EU, excluding visits from automated bots and scrapers, and counting only unique visits, i.e., counting multiple visits by the same user to different sites or interfaces of the same platform only once in each month.

We have calculated the average monthly active recipients of our marketplace service in the EU based on the period 1 June 2023 to 1 June 2024, in accordance with Recital 77 of the DSA. Our conclusion is that during this period the average number of monthly active recipients of our marketplace in the EU was below the 45 million user threshold for being designated as a VLOP.

We will continue to monitor the number of average monthly active recipients of our marketplace service in the EU and will publish updated information in 6 months, in accordance with Article 24 (2).

For issues arising from the Digital Services Act please email legal@livingsocial.ie