The Guardian student discount
Yes — The Guardian offers a student discount.
Free to read online (reader-supported); optional verified-student all-access digital plan at ~£9/$10 per year
- How much
- £0 to read online; £9/yr (UK) or $10/yr (US) for the student all-access plan
- How to claim
- Read free online with no signup
- OR go to the Guardian student offer page, verify student status (a student-verification platform in UK), and subscribe to the all-access plan
- Verification
- Via a student platform — Free reading requires no verification. The paid student plan is limited to verified full-time students 18+ (a student-verification platform in UK); a US education-store variant also exists.
- Freshness
- Verified Jul 13, 2026
- Where
- Worldwide
- Expires
- No end date listed — ongoing
The Guardian reserves this deal for verified students. Verifying with your school email is free and takes a moment — browsing everything else stays open.
The details
The Guardian's core value prop is that its journalism is free to read online with no hard paywall — reader-supported via voluntary contributions. Separately, it launched a discounted all-access digital student plan: verified students pay roughly £9/year (UK) or $10/year (US) for the Guardian news app (ad-free/premium), the Feast recipe app, weekly newsletters and puzzles. The one-year term reportedly does not auto-renew.
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- The Economistup to 75% off annual digital (also promoted as 50% off); free Espresso app
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- The Wall Street Journal$4/month (digital); ~$10/month (print + digital)
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- The Washington Post$1 every 4 weeks (~90% off standard)
Academic rate: $1 every 4 weeks for verified students, faculty and staff (~90% off)
- Bloomberg$9.99/month (vs $39.99/mo standard, ~75% off)
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