Digital news payment types made in the UK 2014

This statistic shows the types of digital payments made for paid-for online news content in the United Kingdom as of 2014. Of those who reported having paid to consume news online in the year previous to survey, 47 percent reported making an ongoing payment to a digital news service.

Which of the following types of payment have you used to access paid-for digital news content in the last year?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Ongoing payment (subscription) to a digital news service	47%
Single, one-off payment to access an article, website or pdf	22%
Ongoing payment (subscription) to a digital news service as a part of a wider print subscription	16%
Single, one-off payment to access a news app or dowload an edition via a digital newsstand	15%
Ongoing payment for a digital news service as part of a wider cable, broadcast, mobile or other relationship	4%
Ongoing payment to a service that gives me access to multiple digital news sources	2%

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Release date

June 2014

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January and February 2014

Number of respondents

139 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

All who have paid to access online news in the past year

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The original survey question read: "You said you have accessed paid-for online news content in the last year, which, if any, of the following types of payment have you used in the last year?"
Multiple answers were possible.

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