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Hardest news & learning subscriptions to cancel
News & Learning services ranked by how hard they are to cancel — scored 0 to 100 from documented facts using our disclosed methodology.
| # | Service | Grade | Score | Main friction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wall Street Journal | C | 48/100 | Retention gauntlet |
| 2 | Harvard Business Review | C | 43/100 | Refund friction |
| 3 | The Guardian | C | 36/100 | Retention gauntlet |
| 4 | USA Today | C | 36/100 | Retention gauntlet |
| 5 | The New York Times | C | 34/100 | Retention gauntlet |
| 6 | The New Yorker | B | 29/100 | Refund friction |
| 7 | Everand | B | 25/100 | Refund friction |
| 8 | Financial Times | B | 18/100 | Refund friction |
| 9 | Chegg | B | 16/100 | Refund friction |
| 10 | Los Angeles Times | B | 16/100 | Dark patterns |
| 11 | The Athletic | B | 16/100 | Refund friction |
| 12 | The Economist | B | 16/100 | Notice period |
| 13 | Washington Post | A | 14/100 | Refund friction |
| 14 | WIRED | A | 14/100 | Dark patterns |
| 15 | National Geographic | A | 12/100 | Refund friction |
| 16 | Apple News+ | A | 10/100 | Refund friction |
| 17 | Bloomberg | A | 10/100 | Refund friction |
| 18 | Barron’s | A | 8/100 | Refund friction |
| 19 | Consumer Reports | A | 8/100 | Refund friction |
| 20 | LinkedIn Premium | A | 8/100 | Refund friction |
| 21 | Medium Membership | A | 8/100 | Refund friction |
| 22 | The Atlantic | A | 8/100 | Refund friction |