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
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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 |
Paying for Online News (Digital News Report) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Paid for online news last year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 40% | -2.0pp |
| 2 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 32% | +1.0pp |
| 3 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 23% | +2.0pp |
| 4 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 23% | +1.0pp |
| 5 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 22% | +2.0pp |
| 6 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 20% | +1.0pp |
| 7 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 19% | 0.00pp |
| 8 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 19% | -3.0pp |
| 9 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 18% | 0.00pp |
| 10 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 18% | -4.0pp |
| 11 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 17% | +1.0pp |
| 12 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 17% | -1.0pp |
| 13 | 🇺🇸 USA | 16% | -4.0pp |
| 14 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 16% | -6.0pp |
| 15 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 16% | +2.0pp |
| 16 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 15% | -2.0pp |
| 17 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 15% | -2.0pp |
| 18 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 15% | +3.0pp |
| 19 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 15% | +1.0pp |
| 20 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 15% | +1.0pp |
| 21 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 14% | -2.0pp |
| 22 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 14% | -4.0pp |
| 23 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 13% | 0.00pp |
| 24 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 13% | -2.0pp |
| 25 | 🇫🇷 France | 12% | +1.0pp |
| 26 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 12% | -2.0pp |
| 27 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 11% | -2.0pp |
| 28 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 11% | -2.0pp |
| 29 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 11% | -1.0pp |
| 30 | 🇬🇧 UK | 10% | 0.00pp |
| 31 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 10% | -4.0pp |
| 32 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 10% | 0.00pp |
| 33 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 10% | -1.0pp |
| 34 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 9% | -1.0pp |
| 35 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 9% | -1.0pp |
| 36 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 9% | 0.00pp |
| 37 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 8% | -1.0pp |
| 38 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 8% | -2.0pp |
| 39 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 8% | +1.0pp |
| 40 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 8% | +2.0pp |
| 41 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 7% | 0.00pp |
| 42 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 6% | -2.0pp |