News Avoidance (Digital News Report)
Share who say they often or sometimes actively try to avoid news. Reuters Institute Digital News Report, 2017–2026.
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)
41.6%
+1.7pp vs 2025
Improving
30
of 48 tracked
Declining
11
period over period
Stable
7
±0.5pp band
Often/sometimes avoid news
Interactive — choose a period, search a country, switch between bars, table and map.
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2017–2026.
EuropeAmericasAsiaAfrica
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 39% | +9.0pp |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | 34% | +7.0pp |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 53% | +7.0pp |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 47% | +6.0pp |
| 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 47% | +5.0pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 46% | -4.0pp |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 60% | -3.0pp |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 32% | -3.0pp |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | 29% | -2.0pp |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 19% | -2.0pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Europe +2.9pp
Americas +1.6pp
Asia +0.30pp
Africa -1.5pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 8 | 45% | +1.6pp |
| Europe | 25 | 43.8% | +2.9pp |
| Africa | 4 | 41.5% | -1.5pp |
| Asia | 11 | 34.2% | +0.30pp |
News Avoidance (Digital News Report) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Often/sometimes avoid news | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 63% | +2.0pp |
| 2 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 60% | -1.0pp |
| 3 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 60% | 0.00pp |
| 4 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 60% | -3.0pp |
| 5 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 53% | +7.0pp |
| 6 | 🇮🇳 India | 52% | +2.0pp |
| 7 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 51% | +3.0pp |
| 8 | 🇬🇧 UK | 50% | +4.0pp |
| 9 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 49% | +5.0pp |
| 10 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 47% | +1.0pp |
| 11 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 47% | +6.0pp |
| 12 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 47% | -1.0pp |
| 13 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 47% | +5.0pp |
| 14 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 46% | +3.0pp |
| 15 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 46% | 0.00pp |
| 16 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 46% | -4.0pp |
| 17 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 46% | 0.00pp |
| 18 | 🇺🇸 USA | 45% | +3.0pp |
| 19 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 45% | +4.0pp |
| 20 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 45% | +1.0pp |
| 21 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 45% | -1.0pp |
| 22 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 45% | +5.0pp |
| 23 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 43% | +2.0pp |
| 24 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 42% | +1.0pp |
| 25 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 41% | +4.0pp |
| 26 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 41% | +2.0pp |
| 27 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 40% | +3.0pp |
| 28 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 40% | 0.00pp |
| 29 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 40% | +5.0pp |
| 30 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 39% | +9.0pp |
| 31 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 39% | 0.00pp |
| 32 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 39% | 0.00pp |
| 33 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 38% | -1.0pp |
| 34 | 🇫🇷 France | 37% | +1.0pp |
| 35 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 37% | 0.00pp |
| 36 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 37% | +2.0pp |
| 37 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 37% | -2.0pp |
| 38 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 36% | +3.0pp |
| 39 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 34% | +7.0pp |
| 40 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 34% | +2.0pp |
| 41 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 32% | -3.0pp |
| 42 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 31% | +4.0pp |
| 43 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 30% | +4.0pp |
| 44 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 29% | -2.0pp |
| 45 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 28% | +2.0pp |
| 46 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 26% | -1.0pp |
| 47 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 19% | -2.0pp |
| 48 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 12% | +1.0pp |