According to an annual survey conducted from January to February 2023, about 13 percent of respondents in Taiwan said that they had paid to access news online last year. Yahoo! News and EToday Online were the most commonly used online news brands in a weekly basis among the respondents.
Online paid news usage penetration in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023
1,008 in 2018; 1,005 in 2019; 1,027 in 2020; 2,042 in 2021; 2,115 in 2022; 2,037 in 2023
Special properties
the survey is conducted between January and February each year
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Survey 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, a donation, or one off payment for an article or app or e-edition).
Figures prior to 2021 were taken from previous reports.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, & University of Oxford. (June 14, 2023). Online paid news usage penetration in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254480/taiwan-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, und University of Oxford. "Online paid news usage penetration in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023." Chart. June 14, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254480/taiwan-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. (2023). Online paid news usage penetration in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254480/taiwan-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and University of Oxford. "Online Paid News Usage Penetration in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254480/taiwan-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism & University of Oxford, Online paid news usage penetration in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254480/taiwan-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/ (last visited November 05, 2024)
Online paid news usage penetration in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, & University of Oxford, June 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254480/taiwan-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
