This statistic shows the reaction of U.S. internet users if their favorite website suddenly had a pay wall. In 2010, 15 percent of users said they would continue to use their favorite website if it had a pay wall.
Would you continue to use your favorite site if there was a paywall?
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Pew Research Center. (March 1, 2010). Would you continue to use your favorite site if there was a paywall? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/191812/willingness-of-us-internet-users-to-use-websites-with-pay-walls/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Would you continue to use your favorite site if there was a paywall?." Chart. March 1, 2010. Statista. Accessed February 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/191812/willingness-of-us-internet-users-to-use-websites-with-pay-walls/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. (2010). Would you continue to use your favorite site if there was a paywall?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/191812/willingness-of-us-internet-users-to-use-websites-with-pay-walls/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Would You Continue to Use Your Favorite Site If There Was a Paywall?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/191812/willingness-of-us-internet-users-to-use-websites-with-pay-walls/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center, Would you continue to use your favorite site if there was a paywall? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/191812/willingness-of-us-internet-users-to-use-websites-with-pay-walls/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 15, 2025)
Would you continue to use your favorite site if there was a paywall? [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 1, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/191812/willingness-of-us-internet-users-to-use-websites-with-pay-walls/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed