Paying for Online News (Digital News Report)
Share who paid for online news content or a paid online news service in the last year. Reuters Institute Digital News Report, 2019–2026.
Source: Reuters Institute Digital News Report Licence: Reuters Institute — public aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗
Method: Online YouGov panels (~2,000 per market per year); in India, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa samples are urban/English-speaking and not nationally representative.
Avg (2026)
14.6%
-0.80pp vs 2025
Improving
13
of 42 tracked
Declining
22
period over period
Stable
7
±0.5pp band
Paid for online news last year
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2019–2026.
EuropeAmericasAsiaAfrica
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 15% | +3.0pp |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | 23% | +2.0pp |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 22% | +2.0pp |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 8% | +2.0pp |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 16% | +2.0pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 16% | -6.0pp |
| 🇺🇸 USA | 16% | -4.0pp |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 10% | -4.0pp |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 18% | -4.0pp |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | 14% | -4.0pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Africa +2.0pp
Europe -0.50pp
Asia -1.1pp
Americas -1.4pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 9 | 16% | -1.1pp |
| Africa | 1 | 16% | +2.0pp |
| Europe | 24 | 14.5% | -0.50pp |
| Americas | 8 | 13.4% | -1.4pp |