Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report)
Share who used social media as a source of news in the last week. Reuters Institute Digital News Report, 2019–2026.
Source: Reuters Institute Digital News Report Licence: Reuters Institute — public aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗
Method: Online YouGov panels (~2,000 per market per year); in India, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa samples are urban/English-speaking and not nationally representative.
Avg (2026)
53.7%
+2.6pp vs 2025
Improving
38
of 48 tracked
Declining
4
period over period
Stable
6
±0.5pp band
Used social media for news last week
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2019–2026.
EuropeAmericasAsiaAfrica
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 56% | +9.0pp |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 53% | +9.0pp |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 62% | +8.0pp |
| 🇮🇳 India | 54% | +8.0pp |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 64% | +7.0pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 64% | -3.0pp |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 53% | -1.0pp |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 59% | -1.0pp |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 74% | -1.0pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Asia +4.4pp
Americas +2.6pp
Europe +2.2pp
Africa +1.0pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 4 | 72.3% | +1.0pp |
| Americas | 8 | 59.6% | +2.6pp |
| Asia | 11 | 57.1% | +4.4pp |
| Europe | 25 | 47.4% | +2.2pp |