A Third of Us Have Never Encountered a Paywall While Reading the News?

It seems like every half-decent news site has some sort of paywall now. Or maybe not?

A full third of Americans in a new poll claim they’ve never encountered a paywall while reading the news. 33% said they haven’t.

We thought maybe a third of people just don’t read the news, but no. 95% of folks polled said they do follow the news online. (Are a third of us just getting all our “news” from social media? Is that what “reading the news” is now?)

27% also claimed they’ve never encountered a paywall while watching a streaming service. And 49% said the same about playing games online. (The survey was done because “The New York Times” put their mini crossword puzzle behind a paywall last month.)

It also found 21% of us have started a paid subscription after getting blocked while trying to read the news. 35% have done it because they wanted to stream something.

(YouGov)
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