EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We consent to the inclusion in the registration statement of Individual, Inc.
on Form S-1 of our report dated January 30, 1996, except as to the information
in Note N, for which the date is March 4, 1996, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of Individual, Inc. as of December 31, 1995,
and 1994, and for each of the three years ended December 31, 1995. We also
consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Boston, Massachusetts
   
September 4, 1996