About 18 percent of respondents in Hong Kong reported paying to access news online last year, according to an annual survey conducted from January to February 2024. The respondents indicated that TVB News and HK01 were the most frequently utilized online news brands on a weekly basis.
Online paid news usage penetration in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2024
the survey is conducted betweeon 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 17, 2024). Online paid news usage penetration in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254685/hong-kong-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, und University of Oxford. "Online paid news usage penetration in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2024." Chart. June 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254685/hong-kong-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. (2024). Online paid news usage penetration in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254685/hong-kong-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and University of Oxford. "Online Paid News Usage Penetration in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254685/hong-kong-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism & University of Oxford, Online paid news usage penetration in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254685/hong-kong-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Online paid news usage penetration in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2024 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, & University of Oxford, June 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254685/hong-kong-penetration-rate-of-online-paid-news/
