# subscribe (service)

to receive regular content from a source

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: communication  ·  Arena: digital

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [receive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-receive.communication), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency), [content](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-content.material), [source](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-source.origin)

**Through:** the source repeat send content and the person receive it each time

**Novel properties:**
- ongoing commitment
- subscriber status
- periodic delivery

## Examples
- The New York Times sends daily print editions to 500,000 homes across the U.S. *(institutions)*
- Netflix delivers monthly episodes of 'Stranger Things' to users who pay for the streaming service. *(computing)*
- Subscribers to the journal Nature receive 52 issues per year via academic libraries. *(everyday life)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-subscribe.service.json*  
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