Hi @Matthew Thornicroft,
Thank you for posting in this community.
Unfortunately, list download activity is not recorded in SharePoint at this time.
We are always looking for ways to improve SharePoint, and your feedback and suggestions are very valuable.
We suggest that you can make suggestions on this SharePoint Feedback portal to further refine the SharePoint audit log to record activity about list downloads. Your contribution will be highly appreciated.
Please accept my sincerely apologize for any in convenience this may cause. Thank you for your kind understanding.
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