The graph above depicts reasons for not paying for online news worldwide as of February 2017. During the survey, 22 percent of respondents stated that they do not pay for online news because they prefer to consumer news offline.
Reasons for not paying for online news worldwide as of February 2017
among those who did not pay for online news in the last year
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "You said that you have not paid for online news in the last year…What are the most important reasons for this? Please select all that apply."
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 22, 2017). Reasons for not paying for online news worldwide as of February 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/718289/reasons-not-paying-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Reasons for not paying for online news worldwide as of February 2017." Chart. June 22, 2017. Statista. Accessed September 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718289/reasons-not-paying-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2017). Reasons for not paying for online news worldwide as of February 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718289/reasons-not-paying-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Reasons for Not Paying for Online News Worldwide as of February 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/718289/reasons-not-paying-online-news/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reasons for not paying for online news worldwide as of February 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/718289/reasons-not-paying-online-news/ (last visited September 19, 2024)
Reasons for not paying for online news worldwide as of February 2017 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 22, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/718289/reasons-not-paying-online-news/