In a survey conducted in 2020, 14 percent of respondents in Australia stated that they had paid for online news throughout the past year. Comparatively, for the same survey, less than 10 percent of the respondents in Japan stated that they had paid for online news in the last year.
Share of people who have paid for online news in selected Asia Pacific countries in 2020
among news consumers that have access to the internet
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: 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).
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, & University of Oxford. (June 15, 2020). Share of people who have paid for online news in selected Asia Pacific countries in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010522/apac-proportion-that-have-paid-for-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, und University of Oxford. "Share of people who have paid for online news in selected Asia Pacific countries in 2020." Chart. June 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010522/apac-proportion-that-have-paid-for-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. (2020). Share of people who have paid for online news in selected Asia Pacific countries in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010522/apac-proportion-that-have-paid-for-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and University of Oxford. "Share of People Who Have Paid for Online News in Selected Asia Pacific Countries in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010522/apac-proportion-that-have-paid-for-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism & University of Oxford, Share of people who have paid for online news in selected Asia Pacific countries in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010522/apac-proportion-that-have-paid-for-online-news/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Share of people who have paid for online news in selected Asia Pacific countries in 2020 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, & University of Oxford, June 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010522/apac-proportion-that-have-paid-for-online-news/
