According to the results of a global survey on news consumption and media trust, respondents from most countries around the world never used any kind of news subscription service, with 57 percent reporting that this was the case, compared to just ten percent who did so every day. News consumers in Brazil, India, Malaysia, and Sweden were the most likely to subscribe to a print or digital news service and read news this way on a daily basis, whilst over 75 percent of Japanese, British, and Canadian respondents said that they never used such a service to read news.
Frequency of news consumption via a paid print or digital news subscription service in selected countries worldwide as of June 2020
*Respondents in the United States, Canada, Malaysia, South Africa, and Turkey were aged 18 to 74 years old, and 16 to 74 years old in all other participating countries.
Question: How often do you get your news from a print or digital service you pay for a subscription for?
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Ipsos. (October 14, 2020). Frequency of news consumption via a paid print or digital news subscription service in selected countries worldwide as of June 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248940/use-of-news-media-subscription-services-in-the-us-by-platform/
Ipsos. "Frequency of news consumption via a paid print or digital news subscription service in selected countries worldwide as of June 2020." Chart. October 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248940/use-of-news-media-subscription-services-in-the-us-by-platform/
Ipsos. (2020). Frequency of news consumption via a paid print or digital news subscription service in selected countries worldwide as of June 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248940/use-of-news-media-subscription-services-in-the-us-by-platform/
Ipsos. "Frequency of News Consumption via a Paid Print or Digital News Subscription Service in Selected Countries Worldwide as of June 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248940/use-of-news-media-subscription-services-in-the-us-by-platform/
Ipsos, Frequency of news consumption via a paid print or digital news subscription service in selected countries worldwide as of June 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248940/use-of-news-media-subscription-services-in-the-us-by-platform/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Frequency of news consumption via a paid print or digital news subscription service in selected countries worldwide as of June 2020 [Graph], Ipsos, October 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248940/use-of-news-media-subscription-services-in-the-us-by-platform/
