Most Popular Subscription News Websites in the World

Discover what are the most popular subscription news websites in the world and how many subscribers per month each have: The New York Times number of subscribers is 6,100,000, The Washington Post number of subscribers is 3,000,000, The Wall Street Journal number of subscribers is 2,400,000 and more.

Two dozen English-language news publishers and publications have collected 100,000 or more digital-only subscriptions, new research by Press Gazette has found.

Between them, the 24 news brands share more than 20m online subscriptions, a number that has been boosted significantly since the start of the Covid-19 crisis.

US giants the New York Times (6,100,000), Washington Post (3,000,000) and Wall Street Journal (2,400,000) lead the way in our 100k Club league table.

We also today exclusively reveal new figures for the Financial Times, the Guardian, Barron’s, McClatchy, the Los Angeles Times and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, which has emerged as a digital leader among traditional US metropolitan daily newspapers.

Prices of subscriptions to the 24 publications and publishers vary from $1.99 a month for National Geographic to £75 ($100) a month for Dow Jones specialist title Financial News.

In all, Press Gazette’s calculations suggest that if all subscriptions were paid at full rate, they would be worth around $5.7bn (£4.2bn) a year to the publishers.

One of the major challenges for these news companies now is to convince their online readers – many of whom will have signed up at subsidized rates or at the peak of their interest in Covid-19 news – to continue paying for their subscriptions at pricier rates in the future.

Most Popular Subscription News Websites in the World

1) The New York Times Number of Subscribers is 6,100,000

2) The Washington Post Number of Subscribers is 3,000,000

3) The Wall Street Journal Number of Subscribers is 2,400,000

4) Gannett Number of Subscribers is 1,000,000

5) The Athletic Number of Subscribers is 1,000,000

6) Financial Times Number of Subscribers is 945,000

7) The Guardian Number of Subscribers is 900,000

8) The Economist Number of Subscribers is 796,000

9) News Corp Australia Number of Subscribers is 685,000

10) Barron’s Number of Subscribers is 458,000

11) Tribune Publishing Number of Subscribers is 427,000

12) The Atlantic Number of Subscribers is 400,000

13) The Times and Sunday Times Number of Subscribers is 337,000

14) The Telegraph Number of Subscribers is 335,000

15) McClatchy Number of Subscribers is 299,000

16.The Los Angeles Times Number of Subscribers is 257,000

17) Bloomberg Media Number of Subscribers is 250,000

18) The New Yorker Number of Subscribers is 242,000

19) Boston Globe Number of Subscribers is 223,000

20) Insider Inc Number of Subscribers is 200,000

21) Wired Number of Subscribers is 142,000

22) National Geographic Number of Subscribers is 142,000

23) Minneapolis Star Tribune Number of Subscribers is 102,000

24) Dow Jones Number of Subscribers is 102,000

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