✦ The Benchmark Report for Associations · 2026

Associations Digital Publishing Report

What members actually do after they access your content and what the top associations are doing differently.

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IF ANY OF THESE SOUND FAMILIAR

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We produce all this content and have no idea if members are actually reading it.
My CEO asks what content is driving renewals. I genuinely can't answer that.
Members have access through the portal. So why is engagement still flat?
Young members especially — they expect something better than what we're delivering.
We've been trying to modernize our publications for years. It's always on the roadmap.
The board wants to know what's working. I don't have the data to tell them.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE

Six findings that will change how you think about member engagement.

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What members actually do after they log in — and where most associations lose them
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The mobile gap — why publishing PDF-first costs you more engagement than you realize
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The format shift that predicts whether a member comes back at renewal or doesn't
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How to answer the board — the engagement metrics that actually tell the story
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What top-quartile associations do differently — it's not budget, it's structure
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Where AI is being used in association workflows right now, and what the early data shows
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