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
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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 |
Social Media as News Source (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 | Used social media for news last week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 79% | 0.00pp |
| 2 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 78% | +3.0pp |
| 3 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 74% | +3.0pp |
| 4 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 74% | -1.0pp |
| 5 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 70% | +4.0pp |
| 6 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 69% | +3.0pp |
| 7 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 69% | +5.0pp |
| 8 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 66% | +3.0pp |
| 9 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 64% | 0.00pp |
| 10 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 64% | +3.0pp |
| 11 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 64% | +7.0pp |
| 12 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 64% | -3.0pp |
| 13 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 62% | +8.0pp |
| 14 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 62% | +2.0pp |
| 15 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 61% | +2.0pp |
| 16 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 60% | +2.0pp |
| 17 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 59% | +5.0pp |
| 18 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 59% | -1.0pp |
| 19 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 58% | +1.0pp |
| 20 | 🇺🇸 USA | 56% | +2.0pp |
| 21 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 56% | +9.0pp |
| 22 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 56% | +2.0pp |
| 23 | 🇮🇳 India | 54% | +8.0pp |
| 24 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 53% | -1.0pp |
| 25 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 53% | +9.0pp |
| 26 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 50% | +3.0pp |
| 27 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 49% | +3.0pp |
| 28 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 48% | +4.0pp |
| 29 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 48% | +2.0pp |
| 30 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 47% | +3.0pp |
| 31 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 47% | +1.0pp |
| 32 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 47% | 0.00pp |
| 33 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 47% | +2.0pp |
| 34 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 47% | +5.0pp |
| 35 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 46% | 0.00pp |
| 36 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 45% | +6.0pp |
| 37 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 45% | +1.0pp |
| 38 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 44% | 0.00pp |
| 39 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 43% | +2.0pp |
| 40 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 42% | +2.0pp |
| 41 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 42% | 0.00pp |
| 42 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 41% | +4.0pp |
| 43 | 🇬🇧 UK | 40% | +1.0pp |
| 44 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 40% | +5.0pp |
| 45 | 🇫🇷 France | 39% | +2.0pp |
| 46 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 37% | +2.0pp |
| 47 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 36% | +3.0pp |
| 48 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 25% | +1.0pp |