
compared to the same period of the previous year. Incidentally, it is necessary Special Data to remember that in that same time period there were 40 thousand fewer active freelancers (source: IV Confprofessioni Observatory Report, December 2021). Companies also present negative data in this regard, albeit less significant: -6.3%. The only category that is the protagonist of the boom in registrations is that attributable to natural persons , with a +12.3% compared to 2020 and, in general, more than half (53.7%) compared to the total.

We report another passage from Marco Conti 's comment , which captures the inseparable link between moments of crisis and increased use of digital: “The Italian network is experiencing a phase of turmoil typical of those moments of reorganization dictated by a crisis: to make an indicative comparison, with the necessary specifics of context and period, we saw the same movement in the years of the economic crisis of 2008, with the registrations of new .it grew by over 70% in a three-year period (2008-2011).