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Should I Use The Economist?
Go beyond breaking news
Depends
DependsBuy if you want rigorous weekly global analysis and will genuinely read it every week.
Prestigious weekly analysis at $29/4 weeks, auto-renewing. Worth it only if you'll actually read it.
Confidence: Medium
$29/4 weeks
Entry price
Auto-renews
863
Trustpilot reviewers
Rating not shown in sources
$7/4 weeks
Podcasts+ add-on
Billed separately
Value for money
3
Strong content, but recurring pricing complaints
Feature depth
4
Deep weekly analysis, not quick news
Security posture
3
Two dated incidents; no security page
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
Best for
- Weekly deep-read news junkies
- Policy and finance professionals
- Podcast commuters
- Students (discounted rate)
Not for
- Casual headline skimmers
- Anyone unwilling to manage auto-renewal
- Budget buyers wanting free daily news
- Readers who only need breaking headlines
Pricing
Digital subscription
$29 per 4 weeks, auto-renews
- Full digital access
- Auto-renewal
Long-term subscription
$29 per 4 weeks, auto-renews
- Multi-year commitment
- Discounted entry offers
Student
Discounted
- Reduced rate
- Cancel auto-renewal anytime
Podcasts+
$7 per 4 weeks
- Podcast access
- Billed separately
Security
No published security page; two dated incidents on record — nothing recent found in sources.
- Anti-ad blocker script hackedThe Economist's anti-ad blocker was hacked, reportedly exposing users.13
- Bloomberg breach settlement (2012)Bloomberg paid The Economist Group over a security breach involving CQ data.14
- CVE-1999-1400 (screen saver)Unscored 1999 vulnerability in The Economist's screensaver; long obsolete.15
What users say
Redditors and Quora users actively debate whether the subscription is worth the price, while App Store reviewers praise the content.
“The Economist is wonderful.”
“Is The Economist worth it?”
Alternatives
Compare The Economist with each alternative.
The Economist Podcasts+
Same outlet's lighter option at $7/4 weeks
The Economist vs The Economist Podcasts+NPR's Planet Money
Free economics podcast; lighter than a paid weekly
Freakonomics Radio
Free, accessible economics storytelling
The Economist vs Freakonomics RadioGuess: Financial Times
Similar global analysis; daily cadence instead of weekly
Full analysis
Based on ~15 usable public sources; several Reddit/Quora snippets were truncated, limiting quote depth.
Sources
- Subscribe to The Economistsubscribenow.economist.comofficial
- Purchase a Long Term Subscriptionsubscribenow.economist.comofficial
- Discounted Student Subscriptionsubscribenow.economist.comofficial
- Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+subscribenow.economist.comofficial
- The Economist - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgnews
- The Economist Reviews | Trustpilottrustpilot.comreview
- Economist pricing : r/theeconomistreddit.comreview
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- The Economist: News & Analysis - App Storeapps.apple.comreview
- The Economist's digital pricing regime defies economicshalcrawford.substack.comreview
- The Economist Coupons | Groupongroupon.comnews
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