Proportion that paid for any online news in the last year

2016-21
Selected markets

USA

France

Japan

Netherlands

20 Market Average

Norway

Sweden

Coronavirus bumps in some countries ↗

More/tighter paywalls ↗

Trump bump

Swedish elections

10%

17%

30%

21%

45%

17%

11%

Q7a. Have you paid for ONLINE news content, or accessed a paid for ONLINE news service in the last year? (This could be a digital subscription, combined digital/print subscription, or one-off payment for an article or app or e-edition.) Base: Total 2016-21 samples in each market (most n ≈ 2000). Note: 20 market average includes USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Australia, Japan, Poland.