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Would you pay for The Bugle? If so, how much would you be prepared to pay?

by The Bugle Podcast

In a Facebook poll of 3,672 respondents, 53.1% chose “Yes - I would happily/grudgingly fork out 30 British pence or 50 American cents. Or £10/$15 a year.”. How we count

Yes - I would happily/grudgingly fork out 30 British pence or 50 American cents. Or £10/$15 a year.
53.1%
Yes - I'd go as high as $1 an episode. Or 60p, in real money.
30.2%
No - it's always been free, it should remain free.
10.1%
Yes - I'd wait for the euro to collapse then pay one lire a week. You worthless losers.
3.6%
No - I disapprove of money in all its forms. I'd barter for it though.
2.4%
No - I'd rather not listen to it at all and sit in my rocking chair waiting for the merciful release of death.
0.5%
No - I hate The Bugle and never listen to it.
0%
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This wasn't a contest. From the first vote to the last of 133 days, one answer held a clean majority-sized edge and never dipped below roughly half the field: happily fork out 30p/50c, or £10/$15 a year. It finished at 53.1% — 1,951 votes — nearly double the runner-up.

The real story is what didn't happen: almost nobody said no. Combine every refusal — free-forever, principled barterers, the death-wish holdouts, the outright hater — and it's under 13% of 3,672 votes. Stack the two paying tiers together and 83.3% of listeners committed real money, led comfortably by the US and UK.

  • Runaway majority · 53.1% picked the cheapest paid tier outright, no contest ever close
  • Payers vs refusers · 83.3% would pay something; under 13% said no in any form
  • Two nations, one verdict · US (227) and UK (215) both leaned to the same top answer