Of the 21 major news websites included both this year and last year in our research, 11 kept their annual subscription charges the same and two others changed only slightly, possibly due to currency fluctuations. The annual rate of ‘newsflation’ for digital content stands at 3% according to our research (broadly inline with the official UK inflation rate which stands at 2.5%). By contrast, newsstand cover prices for the UK’s national newspapers have risen 12% in the past year and 135.8% in the past decade. Where applicable, we took the most comparable standard digital subscription prices rather than premium packages with extra components. Most of the news publishers had a trial price or offer available but Press Gazette compared full-price costs for our main analysis.

Source: The Times January 15, 2025 08:39 UTC